RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1877].11.04. Beet (Beta vulgaris) / Proof sheet of Forms of flowers. CUL-DAR209.4.47. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and John van Wyhe, edited by John van Wyhe 9.2022. RN2
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-DAR209.4 contains materials for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880).
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Nov 4 4th
(Beet) Horizontal (in Dark Room)
Nutation of axis
Left Hand |
Right Hand |
Younger Plant |
Yesterdays plant |
8° 25' |
8' 25 |
8. 55 to right |
8. 55 to left & light |
9. 40 |
9. 40 |
10. 30 |
10. 30 |
11. 25 |
11. 25 |
12. 10 |
12. 10 |
12. 44 |
12. 44 |
1. 35 |
1. 35 |
2. 14 |
2. 14 |
2 48 |
2. 48 |
3 38 |
3. 38 |
4 22 |
4 22 |
5. 30 |
5. 30 |
Used Diagram I |
II. |
9 1/8 little more from glass to mark |
|
⨀ distance between ⨀ end of Bristle & mark |
|
2 1/2 revolutions |
2 or 3 revolutions |
Diagram I Used II
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[Proof sheet of Forms of flowers, published pp. 75-6]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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