RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Watts, A dictionary of chemistry and the allied branches of other sciences. CUL-DAR57.25r. 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).
Watts, Henry. 1863-8. A dictionary of chemistry and the allied branches of other sciences. 5 vols. London: Longman, Green, & Co.
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Watts. Dict. of Ch. vol IV. p. 199.
Olive O
best O. of commerce, which I used contains fatty acids viz oleic & other acids according several chemists
Vol. 3. p. 702.— common Linseed oil contains albumen & so my experiments go for nothing & may be due to this & not to linoleic Ad. where it contains & hence more rapid action & aggregation
These acids explain, I believe action of O. Oil.
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