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DCP-LETT-9459

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
Date:
14 May 1874
Source of text:
University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-17)
Summary:

Discusses digestion by insectivorous plants, asks JSBS to try same experiments using pepsin as the digestive agent to see how the results compare with CD’s observations on digestive power of Drosera.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9460A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edward Frankland
Date:
14 May [1874]
Source of text:
The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester
Summary:

Requests sewage water (and oleic acid) for experiments to determine sensitivity of leaves [of Drosera].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9460

From:
Edward Emanuel Klein
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 May 1874
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 53
Summary:

Reports on his examination of the effects of Drosera secretion on tooth enamel and dentine, and of artificial gastric juice on fibrous basis of bone.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Robert Grahame Jr.
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[14 May 1874]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.14a
Summary:

Will look for letters from JH in RG's father's papers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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