From G. H. Darwin [after 6 April 1864?]1
1 milligramme = .0154 English grains 1 English grain = 1/.0154 milligrammes
= 64.9 milligrammes2
For .0154) 1.000 (64.93
924
—
760
616
—
1440
1386 3 4 —
540
462
–
78
–
To Mama
Could you send a large fruit tart. I should rather like 12 napkins, I’ll see that they are brought back Safe.—3
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
‘Climbing plants’: On the movements and habits of climbing plants. By Charles Darwin. [Read 2 February 1865.] Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 9 (1867): 1–118.
Summary
Calculates the relationship between grains and milligrams; asks his mother for a fruit tart and twelve napkins.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4453F
- From
- George Howard Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Source of text
- DAR 157.2: 100
- Physical description
- ALS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4453F,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4453F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12