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DR. L. H. GOUGH. 



Table V. To show Fluctuations in Percentage of Lint, due to Absorption of 



Moisture, from the Air. 







Weight of 









1917. 



Weight 





Total 



Percentage 

 Lint. 



Percentage 

 Humidity. 



of Lint. 







Seed. 







Good 



Damaged 













Seed. 



Seed. 









Feb. 















11 



27-475 



35-415 



35-520 



70-935 



27-9 



88 



12 



27-305 



35-165 



35-270 



70-435 



27-9 



80 



13 



27-273 



35-005 



35-140 



70-145 



28-0 



82 



14 



27-208 



34-877 



34-977 



69-854 



28-0 



65 



15 



27-172 



34-729 



34-791 



69-520 



28-1 



69 



16 



27-204 



34-652 



34-751 



69-403 



28-2 



91* 



17 



27-165 



34-714 



34-786 



69-500 



28-1 



74 



18 



27-126 



34-620 



34646 



69-266 



28-1 



75 



19 



27-076 



34551 



34-565 



69-116 



28-1 



75 



20 



27-056 



34-519 



34-517 



69-036 



28-2 



66 



21 



27-029 



34-417 



34-391 



68-808 



28-2 



78 



22 



26-890 



34-344 



34-238 



68-572 



28-2 



64 



24 



27-095 



34-406 



34-417 



68-823 



28-1 



77 



25 



27-070 



34-408 



34-382 



68-790 



28-2 



80 



26 



27-063 



34-441 



34-386 



68-827 



28-2 



75 1 



27 



27-044 



34-427 



34-350 



68-777 



28-2 



76 i 



28 



27-073 



34437 



34-337 



68-774 



28-2 



82 



March 















1 



27-029 



34-423 



34-289 



68-712 



28-2 



70 | 



3 



26-908 



34-293 



34-117 



68-400 



28-2 



58 



8 



27-051 



34-411 



34-230 



68-641 



28-3 



79 



9 



26-876 



34220 



33-984 



68-204 



28-3. 



47 ! 



10 



26-898 



34-163 



33-922 



68-085 



28-3 



70 



11 



26-835 



34-128 



33-880 



68-008 



28-3 



58 



16 



26-797 



34-095 



33-795 



67-890 



28-3 



48 



17 



26-788 



34-086 



33-793 



67-879 



28-3 



41 1 



18 



27-123 



34-164 



34-011 



68-175 



28-5 



79 



19 



26-934 



34-174 



33-913 



68-087 



28-3 



79 



20 



26-882 



34-046 - 



33-727 



67-773 



28-4 



80 



21 



26-788 



34-051 



33-662 



67-713 



28-3 



61 



23 



26-835 



34-063 



33-670 



67-733 



28-4 



75 



24 



26-945 



34-174 



33-783 



67-957 



28-4 



74 



The numidity is taken from the Daily Weather Report, issued by the Physical Service, 

 P.W.M., Cairo. The figures given for Ezbekieb, Cairo, are used. 

 * Rain. 



seed. The results obtained were however disappointing. In the light of more 

 complete knowledge the reason lay in the insufficiency of observations both of 

 weighings and of humidity. As it was suspected that more continuous records 

 would solve the problem, recourse was had to a self-recording hygrometer and 

 to a self-recording chemical balance. At the suggestion of Mr. Hurst, Director of 

 the Physical Service, to whom our thanks are due, the balance was made self- 

 recording by fitting a small mirror ou the pointer, close to the knife-blade. This 

 attachment was made by the Physical Service. The actual record was made by a 

 ray of light reflected from the mirror on to a sheet of gaslight paper carried on 

 the drum of the self-recording hygrometer. The synchronisation of the hygrometer 

 and the weight records is thus perfect. 



