RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Proportion of nitrogen. CUL-DAR60.2.45. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 6.2025. RN2
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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Proportion of nitrogen
in ammonia
in carbonate of ammonia in
not in nit
not in amon
in nitrate of ammonia
nitre a
ammonia
proportion of nitrogen
74.5 x .266 [=] 19/8170 = not in nitr
19.8 x .824 [=] 16/3152 = not in Ammonia
Nitric A — 19—817
Ammonia — 16.315
Proportion of Nitrogen — 36.132 = in Nitrate of Ammonia.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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