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From James Torbitt   [after 18 October 1878]

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Forwards letter from George Callwell reporting what a large and disease-free potato crop JT’s seed yields.

Author:  James Torbitt
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after 18 Oct 1878]
Classmark:  DAR 178: 149
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11724
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Scientific Practice

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Specialism|Experiment|Microscopes|Collecting|Theory Letter writing is often seen as a part of scientific communication, rather than as integral to knowledge making. This section shows how correspondence could help to shape the practice of science, from…

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