50 INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE 



with sufficient accuracy, log K is therefore very 

 nearly a linear function of the temperature, as repre- 

 sented by the diagrams Figs. 9 and 10. 



We may give some few instances showing this 

 relation. In Fig. 9 the value of T is 5iC. for 

 haemolysin, 45-15 C. for vibriolysin and 60 C. for 

 haemoglobin. In the last case the scale is reduced 



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x - 

 FIG. 9. 



to half size by putting y l = iy and T = 60 + 2x. 

 In Fig. 10 the T values are 0-5 C. for vibrio- 

 lysin with blood-corpuscles, 14-5 C. for egg-white, 

 3-3 C. for vibriolysin with carbon, and 13-9 C. 

 for the precipitin. In the third case the scale is 

 reduced to two-thirds by putting ^1=1-57 and 



As is seen from the diagram (Fig. 9), for the spon- 

 taneous decomposition of a haemolysin from goat's 



