CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Importance of determining the specific heat of wood 7 



Apparatus and methods 7 



The oven 8 ' 



The calorimeter 8 



Interpreting the indications. 11 



The balance 12 



Weight, temperature, and volume determinations 12 



Selection and preparation of the wood 13 



Results 14 



Mean specific heat 14 



Effect of locality 15 



Heartwood and sapwood 16 



Corrected results 16 



Variation in specific heat with temperature 17 



Effect of steaming on specific heat 18 



Appendix 19 



The calibration of the calorimeter 19 



Procedure in generalizing results 19 



Rejected results 20 



Frequency curve 21 



Table 5 Determinations of the specific heat of wood 27 



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