RECORD: Darwin, C. R. & Francis Darwin. n.d. Take 1 dr of the (1 gr to 20 oz) initial mixture. CUL-DAR55.162. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2023. 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 volumes CUL-DAR 54-61 contain material for Darwin's book Insectivorous plants (1875).
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Take 1 dr of the (1 gr to 20 oz) initial mixture
& add 24 dr to get 1 gr to 500 oz
29 dr ― 600
34 dr ― 700
39 dr ― 800
& so on
Describe in detail my method of proceeding — W. twice distilled, same use — same measuring glass — Everything washed incessantly
Temperature of Plants solution & water the same
1 dr to 19 dr. of water for 400
1 dr to 9 dr ― for 200
1 dr to 14 ― 300
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Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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