Abstract
THE quickest and also the most accurate method of determining the percentage of water in animals or plants or tissues in general is a simple modification of the recognized method of determining the percentage of water in oils by means of a Dean and Stark's tube.
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LOWNDES, A. Rapid Determination of Water in Animals and Plants. Nature 148, 594–595 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148594a0
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