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TABLE 58. Comparison of actual heat-production and heat-production calculated (a) from 



the mean heat per square meter of body-surface by the Meeh formula and (b) from 



the equation for the regression of total heat on body-surface by the 



Meeh formula in the Gephart and Du Bois selection. 



TABLE 59. -Comparison of actual heat-production and heat-production calculated (a) from the 



mean heat per square meter of body-surface by the Du Bois height-weight chart and (b) 



from the equation for the regression of total heat on body-surface by the 



Du Bois height-weight chart in the Gephart and Du Bois selection. 



The average deviation with regard to sign of the calculated from the 

 observed values are given in table 60. These show that in all series 

 except one the values predicted from the Gephart and Du Bois selection 

 average somewhat too high. The prediction of the value of the metab- 



