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DCP-LETT-11008

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
18 [Oct 1877]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 61–2
Summary:

Sends a query he would like GHD to put to Clerk Maxwell: why does a sponged leaf dry more rapidly, although sponging cannot remove the waxy bloom from the minute pores through which it is secreted?

Is very glad to hear about tides in the earth.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11200

From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Oct 1877
Source of text:
DAR 162: 66
Summary:

Loss of water from leaf surfaces; action of a still air layer.

Proposal for CD’s LL.D.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11213

From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[28 Oct 1877]
Source of text:
DAR 210.2: 60–1
Summary:

Writes again about arrangements for the honorary degree ceremony.

Has been working on tides, which he is almost certain have altered the obliquity of the ecliptic.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11216

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
[after 28 Oct 1877]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 60
Summary:

Has given dates [for the Cambridge University honorary degree] to the Vice-Chancellor.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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