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chips, it appears reasonable to suppose that this inversion would not 

 take place. 



Analytical data obtained in above experiments. 



Per cent. 



The diffusion j uice from diffusion hef ore treatment had of total sugars 7. 63 



Exhausted chips 51 



Total sugar 8.14 



The diffusion juice from chips treated with lime: 



Total sugars 4.41 



In exhausted chips , 2. 58 



Total sugar 6.99 



Whence it appears that by the coagulated albumen occluding the 

 pores of the cells there was a loss of about 2 per cent, of sugar and in 

 addition a small loss due to the formation of a lime sucrate. 



In the extraction bottle, when the alkalinity was produced by lime 

 instead of soda, this loss of sugar did not appear. The lime, however, 

 diminished the percentage of glucose in a marked degree. This is shown 

 by the following analyses: 



