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SCHMITZ — STUDIES IN THE DECAY OF WOOD 



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TABLE XI 



THE EFFECT OF AUTOCLAVING WESTERN HEMLOCK ON THE RATE OF DECAY 



INDUCED BY FOMES PINICOLA 



I 1 



II 1 



I HI 



1 IV 



1 v 



VI 



| VII 



| VIII 



Culture 

 bottle 



Weight 



of ^21W- 



Weight 

 of saw- 



Loss in 



Loss 



Average 



Time of 





KJa OCX T> 



dust before 



dust after 



weight 



(per 



\ 



loss (per 



\ 



autoclav- 



• 



Remarks 



decay 



decay 



(gms.) 



cent) 



cent) 



ing 







(gms.) 

 7.34 



(gms.) 

 7.33 



0.01 



0.13 



__ — 



Not 





434 



Only slight 



655 



7.16 



7.16 



0.00 



0.00 





auto- 



growth 



242 



7.58 



7.58 



0.00 



0.00 





claved 



of fungus 



160 



7.25 



7.25 



0.00 



0.00 







near point 



106 



6.96 



6.96 



0.00 



0.00 







of inocula- 



582 



7.21 



7.21 



0.00 



0.00 



0.01 





tion. 



16 



7.19 



7.18 



0.01 



0.14 





45 min- 



Light 



558 



7.90 



7.89 



0.01 



0.13 





utes 



grow T th on 



741 



7.71 



7.71 



0.00 



0.00 







surface. 



595 



8.94 



8.92 



0.02 



0.22 









244 



7.46 

 8.09 



7.44 

 8.07 



0.02 

 0.02 



0.27 

 0.23 



0.15 



5 hours 





724 



Light 



598 



7.00 



6.96 



0.04 



0.57 







growth 



99 



6.86 



6.82 



0.04 



0.58 







through- 



209 



7.49 



7.42 



0.07 



0.93 







out entire 



120 



7.47 



7.42 



0.05 



0.67 







mass of 



762 



7.67 



7.62 



0.05 



0.65 







sawdust. 



652 



6.88 

 6.95 



6.87 

 6.35 



0.01 

 0.60 



0.14 

 8.63 



0.54 



10 hours 





739 



Heavy 



744 



6.64 



6.48 



0.16 



2.41 







growth 



647 



7.50 



7.32 



0.18 



2.40 







through- 



261 



6.81 



6.74 



0.07 



1.03 







out entire 



602 



7.59 



7.57 



0.02 



0.26 







mass of 



477 



7.30 



7.26 



0.04 



0.55 







sawdust. 



98 



7.40 

 7.13 



7.34 

 7.13 



0.06 

 0.00 



0.81 

 0.00 



2.30 



20 hours 





683 



All bottles 



408 



7.31 



7.31 



0.00 



0.00 







inoculated 



95 



7.17 



7.17 



0.00 



0.00 







twice. In 



579 



7.23 



7.22 



0.01 



0.14 







neither 



644 



7.54 



7.54 



0.00 



0.00 







case did 



610 



7.31 



7.31 



0.00 



0.00 







infection 



154 



7.53 

 9.37 



7.53 

 9.37 



0.00 



0.00 



0.00 

 0.00 



0.01 



Control 



take place. 



1051 



Error due 



1052 



8.53 



8.53 



0.00 



0.00 







to weigh- 



1053 



9.11 



9.11 



0.00 



0.00 







ing ±0.02 



1054 



8.60 



8.60 



0.00 



0.00 







per cent. 



1055 



7.32 



7.32 



0.00 



0.00 









1056 



7.47 



7.46 



0.01 



0.13 









1057 



9.23 



9.23 



0.00 



0.00 









1058 



6.04 



6.04 



0.00 



0.00 









1059 



8.53 



8.53 



0.00 



0.00 









1060 



9.16 



9.15 



0.01 



0.11 



0.02 







