To C. S. Wedgwood 26 March 1879
Down
March 26, 1879
Many thanks.1 Artesian wells seem to have been known in France (Artois) from time immemorial.2 I have heard that there is now an inscription on a pump in Derby about Dr. D. and I will see to this and to Phil. Transact.3 I remember now, but had forgotten the Triple saying of Dr. D.4 What I shall use I cannot yet tell, but I am glad to hear of anything.
C.D.
Footnotes
common sense would be improving, when men left off wearing as much flour on their heads as would make a pudding; when women left off wearing rings in their ears, like savages wear nose rings; and when firegrates were no longer made of polished steel.
Bibliography
Cech, Thomas V. 2010. Principles of water resources: history, development, management, and policy. 3d edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Darwin, Erasmus. 1784. An account of an artificial spring of water. [Read 4 November 1784.] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 75 (1785): 1–7.
Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879.
Summary
Discusses information about Dr Erasmus Darwin.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11955
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin/Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 148: 304
- Physical description
- C 1p
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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11955,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11955.xml