RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1864. [Lythrum] short-styled / mid-styled (calculations). CUL-DAR27.2.B22-B23. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe. RN2
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library & William Huxley Darwin. The folder CUL-DAR27.2 contains notes for and the draft of Darwin's paper 'On the sexual relations of the three forms of Lythrum salicaria'. 1864-5. F1731.
B22
Short-styled
10/12 = 83/100 |
8/13 = 61/100 |
average 813/10 = 81.3 |
average 461/8 = 57.6 |
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second average omitting th 9. 459/7 = 64.6 |
10+8/12+13 = 18/25 = 72/100 = per cent |
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813+461/10+8 = 1274/18 = 70.8 |
} for Summry |
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Mid-styled for Summary |
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11/12 + 12/12 = 23/24 = 96/100 percentage |
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1400/11 + 1296/12 = 2696/23 = 117/2 per capsule |
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B22v
Long-styled ( for George )
5/13 = 38/100 |
11/13 = 84/100 |
average 256/5 = 51.2 |
average 107.3 1180/11 = 107.3 |
16.000 [÷] 26 [=] 61.5 |
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5/13 + 11/13 = 16/26 = 61.5/100 per cent of capsule set |
} |
256/5 + 1180/11 = 1436/16 = 89.7 |
} for Summary |
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3/15 = /100 |
3/15 = /100 |
average 11 per pod omitting the 2. |
average 5.3 |
B23
11/12 = 92/100 + 6/1000 |
12/12 = 100/100 |
average of seed to one place of decimals 1296/12 = 108.0 |
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1400.11 = 127.3 |
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a second average excluding all capsules with under 20 seed. |
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136.5 127.3 |
1284.11 = 116.7 |
7/12 = 54/100 + ‹8/1000› |
14/15 = 93/100 + ‹3/1000› |
332/7 = 47.4 |
973.14 = 69.5 |
301/5 = 60.2 |
925/9 = 102.8 (Mid-styled. Used) |
4/12 = 45/100 33/100 + 5/1000 |
0/0 = 0/100 |
3/12 = 25/100 |
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300.4 = 75.0 |
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291/3 = 97.0 |
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B23v
1400 [-] 50 [=] 135.0 [÷] 10 1284 [-] 33 [=] 125.1
92 [+] 9 [+] 63 [=] 164 [÷] 3 [=] 54.6 164 [-] 9 [=] 155 [÷] 2 [=] 77.5
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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