RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1820s]. the proper proportion of shot [Notes on shooting]. CUL-DAR91.2. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by Kees Rookmaaker 11.2008. 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 volume CUL-DAR91 contains early notes on guns & shooting. Darwin's draft of recollections of Henslow, 1861. Notes on the moral sense. Wallace pension. 'a sketch of the principal events in my life' & list of Darwin's works. Loose notes found with CUL-DAR119 'Books to be read'.
With thanks to Dig Hadoke for advice on powder measurements.
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the proper proportion of shot to [1 dram] i gr V of powder (being the largest but one charge in my powder flask) is [1 dram] i [1 dram] gs.
The shot with which I generally shoot contain 240 pellets in [1 dram] i
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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