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.


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Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

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