RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Pick out genera with 8 9 10 species from small side Pick out genera. CUL-DAR15.2.41a. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Text prepared and edited by John van Wyhe. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR15.2 contains calculations and tables for Darwin's 'big book' Natural Selection F1583.
41a
Pick out genera with 7, 8, 9, 10 species from small side
Pick out genera with 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16 from big side & add up altogether from small side
Subtract sun of 11-16 from big side to give the other half —
Do only the larger orders not do the small
Do whole all 6 volumes —
Each volume separate, & then give a total for all six volumes —
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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