THE 



SCIENTIFIC PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY. 



Vol. XV. (U.S.), No. 32. OCTOBEE, 1918. 



THE ABSORPTION OF WATER BY VULCANIZED 

 FIBRE AND ERINOID ON EXPOSURE TO MOIST 

 AIR, AND THE CONSEQUENT CHANGE OF 

 ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE. 



BY 



R. O. ALLEN, B.Sc, Lond. ; A.R.C.Sc.I. ; 



ASSISTANT TO THE PEOFESSOE OF APPLIED PHYSICS IN THE EOYAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE .... ,p 



FOK IRELAND, DUBLIN. \ . 



[COMMUNICATED BY PEOFESSOE WILLIAM BEOWN.] 



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DUBLIN : 



PUBLISHED BY THE EOYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY, 



LEINSTEK HOUSE, DUBLIN. 



WILLIAMS AND NORGATE, 



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1918. 



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