Unit of mass, equal to 0.01 gram.
1 PROCEDURE.-Weigha 50 cc., flat-bottomedflask (preferably a light-weightflask), which must be dry on the outside, to the nearest centigram .
2 Then I slowly worked my way up to three and then four centigrams .
3 Six centigrams , which I recovered from these small samples, are only nine-tenths of a grain.
4 Meanwhile weigh the flask and water to centigrams and record its weight (Note 2).
5 But five centigrams considerably improved on this.
6 Starting with two centigrams of it as a moderate dose, I injected it into my right arm subcutaneously.
7 "Five centigrams considerably improved on it," he continued, paying no attention to me.
8 (The weighings need be made to centigrams only.)
9 A perfectly computed course for landing will get down to ground with the use of the least number of centigrams of fuel possible.
10 "Altogether," he explained, as Leslie and I listened, speechless, "I was able to recover from both blood samples six centigrams of the poison.
11 "Altogether I was able to recover from the blood samples of both of the victims of this crime six centigrams of the poison," he pursued.
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