RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Salts causing / not causing / plainly marked inflection. CUL-DAR60.2.91. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

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Salts causing plainly marked inflection. (Mark of interrogation mean evidence rather doubtful.)

Salts not causing plainly marked inflection

Soda— nitrate of

(1) Potash Carbonate

Monads

(2) Nitrate of Soda, drops & immersion

(2) ― Nitrate

 

(3) Sulphate ― do. do

(3) ― Sulphate

 

(4) Phosphate ― drops

(4) ― Phosphate

 

(1) Carbonate ― drops & immersion

(5) ― Citrate

 

(5) Citrate ― drops & immersion

(6) ― Oxalate

 

(6) Oxalate    do. so

Potassium chloride of

 

(7) Chloride of Sodium do & do

― iodide of (?)

 

(8) Iodide    do. do

― bromide of

 

(9) Bromide    do. not tried.

 

 

(9)

 

 

 

 

 

Potash oxalate of (?)

 

 

Lithium nitrate of 

Lithium acetate of.

 

Caesium chloride of

Rubidium chloride of.

 

Silver nitrate of (Poison)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calcium, acetate of

 

 

C― nitrate of.

 

Cadmium chloride of

Magnesium, acetate

 

Mercury chloride of (Poison)

― nitrate

 

 

― chloride

 

 

― sulphate

Dyads

 

Barium acetate of

 

 

― nitrate of

 

 

Strontium acetate

 

 

― nitrate

 

 

Zinc chloride of

 

 

 

 

Aluminium chloride (?)

Aluminium nitrate (?)

Triads

Gold chloride of (Poison)

Aluminium & Potassium sulphate of

 

 

 

 

Tin, chloride of. (Poison

Lead, chloride of

 

 

 

 

Antimony tartrate of Probably poisonous

 

 

 

 

 

Iron Chloride of acts slowly Probably poisonous

Magnesium chloride of

 

Copper Chloride of    Poison.

Cobalt chloride of

 

Nickel chloride of    Probably a poison.

 

 

 

 

 

Platinum chloride of. acts quick rapid inflection Poisonous

 

 

23

(26) = 49. salts tried.

 


Arranged according to classifcation of Mr more I believe normally followed in Watts' Dict


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