[SHUTT & CHARRON] ' MOISTURE IN HONEY 39 
A detailed consideration of the data is unnecessary, but the more 
important deductions from them may be briefly stated as follows: 
1. That, assuming the results from the specific gravity deter- 
mination to be approximately correct, a drying period of 48 hours 
at 98° C. gives too high a percentage of moisture, the excess being 
about 5 per cent. 
2. That the longer the drying period, the greater the loss; that 
is, the decomposition of the levulose is continuous. This fact, that 
it is practically impossible to dry to a constant weight, is in itself 
sufficient to condemn the method. 
3. That higher percentages of water are obtained from the 5 per 
cent than from the 20 per cent solutions of honey, showing that there 
is a more rapid decomposition of the levulose when using the more 
dilute solution. 
DRYING on ASBESTOS IN GLASS TUBES AT 70° C. To 75° C. IN 
STEAM BATH. 
Our next step was to ascertain the moisture-content, drying 
between 70° C. and 75° C.— the other conditions being the same as 
in the first series. Each tube contained 10 c.c. of an approximately 
12 per cent solution of honey. The samples, though corresponding 
with those of the first series, were not identical with them. 
TABLE II. MoisTURE IN HONEY, AS DETERMINED IN STEAM BATH AT 70°C To 75° C. 
SOLUTION, APPROXIMATELY 12 PER CENT. 




Calculated 
HONEY 20 27 31 
FRoM No. Hours Hours Hours Hours Sn 
Fully capped 1 19°36 19°82 20°03 20°07 15°46 
comb 19-95 | 20:29 | 20-50 | 20-90 
2 19°52 19°87 19°99 20.00 16°95 
18°78 18°88 19:24 19°42 
3 20°63 20°52 21°29 21°51 15°89 
19°59 20°16 20°67 20°44 
4 20°20 20°59 21°12 20°91 15°84 
20 07 20°66 20°75 21°07 
Partially capped 5 23.00 23°49 23.87 23°71 19°12 
comb 29-13 | 22-39 | 92°67 | 23-12 
6 24°89 25°19 25°44 25°46 20°63 
1 Peet 25°87 26°21 25°91 
7 25°23 25°46 25°85 26°19 20°68 
24°96 25°26 25°91 26°18 
8 23°45 23°88 24°59 24°73 21°03 
24°00 24°06 24°78 25°33 
