ANALYTICAL EVIDENCE. 287 



381 2'5 oz. of flesh, free from fat, containing of carbon 518*5 oz. 

 635*5 oz. of fat and cellular tissue, ditto 449*0 oz. 



4448*0 oz. In all, carbon 967*5 oz. 



With the bones, the meat, as purchased, contains 29 

 per cent, of fixed matter, including bones; 4,448 oz. of 

 flesh therefore contain 448 oz. of dry bones. These have 

 not been included in the calculation, although, when 

 boiled, they yield from 8 to 10 percent, of gelatine, which 

 is taken as food in the soup. 



Fat. — The amount of fat consumed was 56 oz. ; which, 

 the carbon being calculated at 80 per cent., contain in all 

 44*8 oz. of carbon. 



Lentils, pease, and beans. — There were consumed 53*5 

 oz. of lentils, 185*5oz. of pease, and 218 oz. of beans. 

 Assuming the average amount of carbon in these vege- 

 tables to be 37 per cent., the total quantity of carbon 

 consumed in this form was 169*1 oz. 



Potatoes. — 100 parts of fresh potatoes contain 12*2 

 parts of carbon. In the 15,876 oz. of potatoes consumed, 

 therefore, the amount of carbon was 1936*85 oz. 



Bread. — 855 men eat daily 855 times 32 oz , besides 

 36 lbs. of bread in the soup, which in all amounts to 

 27,936 oz. 100 oz. of fresh bread contain, on an average, 

 30*15 oz. of carbon ; consequently, the carbon consumed 

 in the bread amounts to 8771*5 oz. 



The total consumption, therefore, was. 



In the meat 967*50 oz. of carbon. 



In the fat 44*80 ditto 



In the lentils, pease, and beans ... 169*10 ditto 



In the potatoes 1936*85 ditto 



In the bread 8771*50 ditto 



Consumed by 855 men 11889*75 ditto 



Consumed by 1 man 13*9 ditto 



