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DCP-LETT-9691

From:
William James Beal
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 Oct 1874
Source of text:
DAR 46.2: C60
Summary:

Sends his observation of honey-bees gleaning after orioles had made holes in calyx of Missouri currant, while humble-bees were getting honey through the tube in the usual way.

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DCP-LETT-9693

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
22 Oct [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 34
Summary:

Sends index [of Descent, 2d ed.] with instructions for proof-reading.

Asks GHD questions about heat transmission; he wants to use it as an analogy to illustrate transmission of motor impulses through leaves of Dionaea.

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DCP-LETT-9694

From:
Johann Louis Gerard (Gerard) Krefft
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 Oct 1874
Source of text:
DAR 169: 123
Summary:

After a conflict with the Museum’s trustees, he has been brutally evicted from his home and office. Plans to leave Australia and asks CD’s help.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9692

From:
Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Davis; Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Treat
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 Oct 1874
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 108
Summary:

Observation on the limitations on the power of digestion in Dionaea.

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