RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d.  Carb. of Ammonia / Nitrate of Ammonia. CUL-DAR60.2.105. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2022. 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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Carb. of Ammonia. = Carb. acid 55. Ammonia 30. Water 15

Nitrate of Ammonia = Nitric Acid 74.5 Amm. 19.8 Water 5.7

Nitric Acid 73 1/3 oxygen — 26 2/3 nitrogen

Ammonia 17.6 Hydrogen 82.4 nitrogen.

(From Urea)

How much nitrogen in 100 gr of Carb. of Ammonia & how much in 100 gr. of Nitrate of Ammonia.

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