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perfection to such an extent as to be unsatis- 

 factory so I made use of the other set only. 

 These were taken to the college and after 

 having them weighed I cut each sample in 

 two giving one part to Dr. Beal of the col- 

 lege for measurement reserving the others 

 and afterwards sending them to Mr. E. R. 



varying number of measurements of the 

 samples — from once to five times — while in 

 the other cases these measurements were 

 taken in each instance. 



The weighing was done by Mr. Frank S. 

 Kedzie, adjunct Professor of Chemistry, 

 with the following results in grams : 



B 



D 



WeightinGram8|l.93 a.2398|2.093 |3.2349|l .9664 1.8482 1.8886|2.083 |l.63dl 



G 



H 



1 



If any one has a cariosity to turn the results into grains he can do 

 so by multiplying by 15.432 the number of grains in a gram. 



The measurements of the thickness of the bases of the cells now 

 follow in their order in ten thousandths of an inch. 

 washbukn's measukemets. 



Hoot to secure another set of measurements 

 from Mr. Washburn so as to get them from 

 two capable persons of the same comb as 

 nearly as practicable. As it turned out Mr. 

 Washburn was ill when these reached him 

 and a substitute was found in Mr. Hubbel. 

 As will appear in the summary he took a 



All this work it seems to me has been very 

 satisfactory, for while there has not been 

 particular uniformity — a thing which could 

 not be expected — there has been general 

 uniformity. 



I must close this article, already too long, 

 by mentioning some of the apparently ten- 



