To W. W. Baxter 5 September [1873]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Sept 5th.
Dear Sir
On reflection, I think that Chlorides, instead of Nitrates of the various metals (when such are soluble) wd. be better for my purpose.— But it is perhaps too late, & nitrates wd. do very well, & are necessary in the case of silver.2
Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Please send me some time a bottle of “Oxley’s Essence of Ginger.”.—3
P.S. When you have the 4 acids ready please send them, as I shd be glad to try them before the metallic salts; & you can send me these latter in two lots, if you require long to prepare them. | C. D.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Graves, George, 1834. Hortus medicus, or, figures and descriptions of the more important plants used in medicine, or possessed of poisonous qualities: with their medical properties, chemical analysis, &c. &c. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black.
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Orders salts of various metals; thinks chlorides (where soluble) would be better than nitrates.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9043
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Walmisley Baxter
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.431)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9043,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9043.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21
