RECORD: Darwin, E. A. 1855. [Notes on bee cells]. CUL-DAR48.B18. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/).
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker, edited by John van Wyhe 12.2010. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with the permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. Written in ink, verso blank. From Erasmus Alvey Darwin [May-June 1858] Correspondence vol. 7, p. 86.
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Dear Charles
The obtuse ∠of the Dodec. placed its axis vertical.
[sketch] center of Dodec. h
call its highth above the horizontal plane (h)
h= side of hexagon of bees cell/ 1.414 = 0 inch. 125/ 1.414 = 0.088
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