1904] 



Cotton ly Water and ~by Water Vapour. 



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Description of Fig. 5. Curves showing behaviour of 0'90 gramme of cotton 

 originally dry. Bath temperature, 25'0 in all cases. (See Tables V, VI and VII.) 



A. Absorption curve in saturated air bath up to 12 hours. Moisture absorbed 



(ni) in milligrammes. 



B. Temperature curve corresponding to A. 



C. The early part of curve B on an enlarged time scale. 



D. Temperature curve obtained by immersion in water j otherwise same as 0. 



Table VI. 

 Saturated air immersion at 25. O90 gramme of cotton. 



Table VII. 

 Water immersion at 25. 0'90 gramme of cotton. 



