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Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1900_019
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Alternative Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1900
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Date
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1900
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Creator
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Elizabeth Van Sant
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Description
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Elizabeth Van Sant transcribed letters
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Identifier
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321301
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Transcription
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19 watching intently from distances of less than thirty inches; and all of us plainly saw the movement. We were curious to know what proportion existed between the beetle and its load. With our photographic scales we at once weighed the various objects involved, with the following result: Tea-rest weighed 9oz 15pwt 11gr Salt cellar 3" 3" 14" Plate 7" 17" 5" Sugar-bowl and sugar 11" 3" 22" 30" 38" 52" 2lbs 8ozs 0pwt 4gr Troy weight 2lbs 0 0 4gr Avoirdupois The beetle, alive, Frank had weighed down town on a jeweler's diamond scale (on May 15th). The weight was 7/16ths of 1 carat. 1 carat equals 3.164 grains; 7/16 carat equals 1.38425 grain. 1.38425 ) 1 5 3 6 4 . 0 0 0 0 0 ( 1 1 0 9 9 1 3 8 4 2 5 1 5 2 1 5 0 1 3 8 4 2 5 1 3 7 2 5 0 0 1 2 4 5 8 2 5 1 2 6 6 7 5 0 1 2 4 5 8 2 5 2 0 9 2 5 It is well to state in this connection that the weight was placed upon a common linen table-cloth, unstarched, underlaid with a heavy woolen blanket. This would tend to make it harder to start the load, but on the other hand it afforded a good footing to the beetle, enabling it to brace its horny legs and gets excellent leverage, and to move 11,099 times its weight.
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Rights
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