RECORD: Darwin, Francis. [ny].06.01. Large stoneware vessel with glass tap. CUL-DAR209.15.60. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2023. 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-DAR209.15 contains notes and photographs for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880).
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June 1—
Large stoneware vessel with glass tap, holds a bath-can & a half of water
Filled it with 10,000 cc of tank water & added
nitrate of calcium 40 grammes
chloride of potassium 7.5 grammes
sulphate of magnesia 4 grammes
phosphate of potassium 5 grammes
glacial phosphoric acid 5 grammes
Taking all the sa ingredients together the solution of .615 per cent
2nd potfull had 5.5 gr glacial phosphoric & not quite 10,000, ditto 3rd pot
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
File last updated 27 July, 2023