From A. W. von Hofmann to Edward Cresy 27 October 1860
R. College of Chemistry
Oct. 27. 1860.
My dear Sir
I enclose you the book on poison from which my statement about arsenic was taken. Taylor explains his opinion so well that I need not add a word.1
I have made a few experiments with Iodine and find that 0.001 milligramme of iodine dissolved in 1 Gramme of water is scarcely indicated by the starch test,—but that 0.002 Milligrammes dissolved in 2 Grammes of Water is easily distinguished by that test.
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Hoping that this information will prove useful | Yours very truly | A W Hofmann
E. Cresy Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
Taylor, Alfred Swaine. 1848. On poisons in relation to medical jurisprudence and medicine. London.
Summary
Is enclosing Alfred Swaine Taylor’s book On poisons (1848). Reports on his own experiment with the starch test in dissolving iodine in different measures of water.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2966A
- From
- August Wilhelm von Hofmann
- To
- Edward Cresy, Jr
- Source of text
- DAR 58.1: 5
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2966A,” accessed on 21 March 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2966A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 8
