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THE “potétomètre” described in NATURE, May 22, p. 79, appears to be an ingenious but a rather complicated instrument. Experience has, however, taught me that the extremest simplicity is most desirable. Mr. Ward hints at difficulties of manipulation which are quite conceivable. The plan I have adopted, and find to answer, as far as it goes, is to insert the cut end in a small test-tube and cover the surface of the water with a little oil. The whole can then be weighed to three places of decimals, and the absolute amount of loss in a given time is easily ascertainable.
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HENSLOW, G. Simple Methods of Measuring the Transpiration of Plants. Nature 30, 146 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/030146a0
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