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DISCOVERY REPORTS 



608 mm. of mercury as in air. Octylic alcohol, which is commonly used in gas analysis 

 to prevent frothing, tends to diminish the nitrogen capacity. Fortunately whale blood 



SAMPLE N5I00 

 SAMPLE N2I0IF 

 SAMPLE N2 103 

 SAMPLE N5 104 

 SAMPLE N2 lOG 

 SAMPLE N2 lOB 



ID 



30 



40 



20 

 TIME- MINUTES 



Fig. 3, Progressive solution of nitrogen in whale blood. 

 * Octylic alcohol was added at this point and nitrogen came out of solution again. 



seldom froths or these experiments would have been impossible. During one of these 

 experiments, on sample loi, it became difficult to make a direct reading of the volume 

 of gas overlaying the blood, and a trace of octylic alcohol was added with the sodium 



