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DCP-LETT-7509

From:
William Boyd Dawkins
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Feb 1871
Source of text:
DAR 162: 126
Summary:

Thanks for the present of CD’s long-expected book [Descent].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7507

From:
John Murray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Feb [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 171: 389
Summary:

Descent publication costs, "including a heavy item of £126 for corrections" have been received. JM can now offer CD 600 guineas for the edition of 2500 copies.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7509A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
23 Feb 1871
Source of text:
DAR 249: 105
Summary:

Receipt for payment by John Murray of £630 for the first edition, consisting of 2500 copies, of Descent.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7508

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Feb [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 106: C5–6
Summary:

Has devised a respirator for firemen by moistening cotton wool with glycerine and adding charcoal. JT suggests the nose with its hairs and mucus is a respirator that would give protection against diseases caused by floating particles. The presence of hair and mucus is thus explained by CD’s theory.

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