RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [calculations concerning solution strengths]. CUL-DAR56.120. (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 volumes CUL-DAR 54-61 contain material for Darwin's book Insectivorous plants (1875).
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480 [x] 12 [=] 5760 minim g
60 36
5760 [÷] 15 [=] 384 384 [x] 15 [=] 5760
so each got 1/384 of grain
348 wrong [x] 167 [=] 58,116
1/58,116 of a grain
Right m.
120v
384 [x] 167 [=] 64128
480 [x] 12 [=] 5760 [x] 2 [=] 11520 1/2 minim [x] 2 Hairs [=] 23,040
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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