RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1874. Tea / Tea-leaves boiled for 1 hour distilled water clean vessel / Proof sheet of Expression, p. 107.CUL-DAR57.123. (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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Tea (1874)
May 6' 8O 3' A.m — { Tea-leaves boiled for 1 hour distilled water clean vessel.
2 stick with Pins very strong
May 8th 8O 15 No effect on all 5 leaves.
9 8O 15. no effect on all 5 leaves.
3 sticks Paper-Heads — diluted with distilled water but still strong.
5O 30' no clear inflection
May 7th 7O 45 A m — no proper inflection in any of 5 leaves — perhaps a trace in some in sub-marginals
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[Proof sheet of Expression, p. 107.]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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