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Autograph letter signed by sender. As John Frederick William Herschel is interested in colors he sends him details of the color changes that the genus Ibla undergoes. Will send him a specimen if desired.

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HS/6/12
Earliest possible date
11 May 1848
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Charles Robert Darwin

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Charles Robert Darwin, Letter, from Charles Robert Darwin to Sir John Herschel, dated at Down, Farnborough, 11 May 1848, HS/6/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_12/letter-from-charles-robert-darwin-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-down-farnborough, accessed on 12 December 2024

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