This woman reduced herself to a
skeleton. She led a pure, chaste life, and spent her time in the mental
recitation of Om. One seer of potatoes contains 3,600 grains of solid
residue, which is exactly 7 1/2 ounces troy.
The solid residue of one seer of potatoes consists of the following
ultimate ingredients:--
Carbon .............. 1587.6 grains
Hydrogen ............ 208.8 "
Nitrogen ............. 43.2 "
Oxygen .............. 1580.4 "
Salts .................180.0 "
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3600.0 "
I saw a Brahman (Brahmachari) who consumed daily one seer of milk, and
took no other food.
Analysis of One Seer of Cow's Milk by Boussingault.
Water ....................... 12,539.520 grains
Carbon ...................... 1,005.408 "
Hydrogen ...................... 164.736 "
Nitrogen ....................... 74.880 "
Oxygen ......................... 525.456 "
Salts ........................... 90.000 "
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