From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Fitch
Date:
[Dec? 1850]
Source of text:
Norwich Castle
Summary:
Describes progress of J. de C. Sowerby in engraving fossil cirripede specimens.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Describes progress of J. de C. Sowerby in engraving fossil cirripede specimens.
Discusses share dealings and investment matters.
Discusses illustrations [for Living Cirripedia 1 (1851)]. Mentions drawings by G. B. Sowerby [Jr].
Discusses his account. Mentions reduction in rent due to agricultural conditions.
Asks his opinion concerning possible investment. Asks about possible land sale to Mr Mason.
Discusses capacity of some cirripedes to bore into rock. Describes progress of his research.
Discusses attachment of antennae in larvae of cirripedes.
Asks for information about how parasitic cirripedes are attached to host.