CONTENTS. 



Introduction 5 



Description and use of tables 6 



TABLE 1. Conversion of seconds to decimal parts of a minute 14 



2. Pressure of aqueous vapor at dry-bulb temperatures 15 to 25 C. for 



relative humidities between 30 and 75 per cent 15 



3. Pressure of aqueous vapor at saturation 30 



4. Millimeters to be subtracted from barometer (brass-scale) readings to 



reduce them to C 31 



5. Logarithms of p/760 for barometric pressures between 700.0 and 780.9 



millimeters 32 



6. Logarithms of 1/1 +0.00367 1 for temperatures between 11.0 C. and 36.09 C. 34 



7. Logarithms for reduction of saturated volumes to C. dry and 760 milli- 



meters pressure. 1/1+0.00367 t X (p-e)/760 39 



8. Factors for reduction of saturated volumes to C. dry and 760 millimeters 



pressure 55 



9. Logarithms for reduction of volumes to C. and 760 millimeters pressure . . 71 



10. Factors for reduction of volumes to C. and 760 millimeters pressure 87 



11. Volumes of oxygen in incoming air corresponding to 100 volumes of outgoing 



air with different percentages of nitrogen. 79.03 : p. ct. NI : : 20.94 : X . . 103 



12. Factors and their logarithms for converting dry gases at 0C. and 760 



millimeters pressure to the observed pressure (corrected to C. for scale 

 correction) and to saturation at 37 C. (body-temperature) 103 



13. Calorific values of oxygen and carbon dioxide for non-protein respiratory 



quotients and proportions of energy from carbohydrate and fat con- 

 sumed 104 



14. Heat production per minute, per hour, and per 24 hours, calculated from 



oxygen consumption per minute at respiratory quotient 0.82. (Cal- 

 orific equivalent of oxygen per liter = 4.825 calories.) 105 



15. Comparative scales of kilograms and pounds, centimeters and inches 106 



16. Lissauer formula for calculating body-surface of infants and table giving 



area calculated for weights from 2.00 to 5.00 kilograms 107 



17. Constants for computing surface-area of children from formula: Area = 



K 3 if 107 



18. Du Bois formula and chart for ascertaining body-surface of men and 



women 108 



19. Formula for predicting basal heat-production of new-born infants per 24 



hours 108 



20. Basal heat-production of boys and girls per 24 hours predicted from body- 



weight 109 



21. Basal heat-production per kilogram per 24 hours predicted from age, for 



girls from 12 to 17 years of age 109 



22. Formula for predicting basal heat-production of males per 24 hours 109 



23. Formula for predicting basal heat-production per 24 hours for women 109 



24 and 25. Standard multiple-prediction tables for normal basal heat-production 



of men per 24 hours 110 



TABLE 24. Factor for body-weight 1 10 



TABLE 25. Factor for age and stature 112 



26 and 27. Standard multiple-prediction tables for normal basal heat-production 



of women per 24 hours 116 



TABLE 26. Factor for body-weight 116 



TABLE 27. Factor for age and stature 118 



28. Calories per square meter of body-surface (height-weight formula) per 



hour, Aub and Du Bois standards 122 



29. Formulas for predicting basal metabolism of males and females (Dreyer) . . 122 



30. Weights of gases at C. and 760 millimeters pressure at sea-level and 45 



latitude and their equivalent volumes 122 



31. Equivalents of units of energy 123 



32. Equivalents of power, work, and energy 123 



33. Miscellaneous equivalents 123 



