386 Mr. E. N. Horsford on the Value 



I. II. 



Carbon 45*30 45*84 



Hydrogen . . . 6*56 6*76 



Nitrogen . . . 4*47 



Ashes 4-38 



Water 13-41 



Hulls 4-11 



Ashes of same 3*84 

 Woody fibre 3*86 



Estimated in 100 parts, the above determinations give the 

 following numbers :— 



rNitrogen . . . 4*47" 



-vr, Carbon ... 15*69 



Nitrogenous^ H d V95 v> 



ingredients. ] * yge |j ... 6 . 39 



LSulphur ... 0-14. 



XT ., f Carbon ... 29-381 



Non-mtrogenous I H d 4 . 68 L = 66 . 7o 



ingredients. \ xygen . . . 32-64 J 



Ashes = 4-38 



99-72 



According to the analysis oflegumine by Dumas and Ca- 

 hours, the estimate gives 102-99. 



Dried at 100° C Fresh. 



Nitrogenous ingredients = 28-54 24-71 



Inorganic ingredients . . = 4*38 3'79 



Woody fibre = 3' 86 3-34 



Starch, sugar, &c = 63'22 54*75 



Water 13-41 



100-00 10000 



Large Field-beans (Vicia fabajjfrow Giessen. 



White, plump and sound. 10 weigh 5-289 grms. 



I. 7-4054 grs. lost at 100° C. 1-1705 gr. 



II. 2-7950 grs. of substance dried at 100° C. gave 0-1150 

 gr. ashes. 



III. 0-4987 gr. gave 0*8255 gr. CO 2 and 0-3053 gr. HO. 



IV. .0*7238 gr. gave 0*5291 gr. ammonio-chloride of plati- 

 num. 



V. 44*5335 grs. gave, by the method already described, 

 1*9680 gr. hulls. 



VI. 0*8335 gr. of the hulls dried at 100° C. gave 0*0624 

 gr. ashes. 



These, expressed in 100 parts, correspond to — 



