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The De Novo Production of Living Things

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IN reply to Mr. E. Ray Lankester's inquiry in the last number of NATURE, I beg to state that the specific gravity of an infusion of turnip, prepared in the manner I have directed, was found to be 1012, whilst that of an infusion of hay was 1005.

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BASTIAN, H. The De Novo Production of Living Things. Nature 7, 123 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/007123d0

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