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5 minutes). During this 

 910 ohms. It was then 

 placed in sea water. At 

 the end of 10 minutes 

 resistance had fallen to 

 800 ohms. It was left in 



utes and again placed in 

 sea water containing 

 o . 099 M ether (the solu- 



promptly 



750 



mained there for an 

 hour; 240 minutes later, 

 when the experiment 

 was discontinued, the re- 850 

 sistance was 890 ohms. 

 The results are shown 

 in table III and fig. 3. 



The effect of higher 

 concentrations of ether 



Tissue which had a net 

 resistance of 760 ohms 

 in sea water was placed 

 in a mixture of 970 cc. 

 sea water-}- 30 cc. ether 

 + 15 cc. of concentrated 

 sea water, which was 

 added to make the con- 

 ductivity of the mixture 

 equal to that of sea 

 water. The concentra- 

 tion of the ether was 

 therefore 2.96 per cent by volume (= 



