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MR. C. O NEILL S EXPERIMENTS AND 



This cotton owes its higher average over the other Sea 

 Island samples to the presence of a few strong hairs ; it 

 shows a considerable range,, with rather sudden leaps in the 

 differences. 



Breaking- weights of 23 hairs of Upland cotton. December 

 i860. Price 6^d. per lb. 



Distance between points of supension from o*i to 0*25 in. 



No. 



grs. 



No. 



grs. 



No. 



grs. 



No. 



grs. 



22 . 



•• 43*2 



10 . 



•• 74*4 



7 



.. ioi'7 



8 . 



■ 136-8 



12 . 



.. 48-0 



2 . 



• 82-5 



I 



.. I02*2 



4 • 



. 151-2 



18 . 



.. 52-8 



II . 



. 89-2 



15 



.. 129-9 



13 • 



. 151*6 



21 . 



•• 57-6 



6 . 



• 93*1 



16 



.. 129*6 



19 . 



• i70"4 



23 . 



.. 6o'9 



3 • 



• 94'o 



9 



.. i29'6 



5 • 



. 2I2'6 



20 . 



•• 63-3 



17 • 



.. 96*0 



14 



.. 134-8 







Mean breaking- weight = 104-5. 



The differences between the fibres are tolerably regular 

 until the strongest hairs^ which present considerable in- 

 tervals. 



Breaking-weights of 22 hairs of Surat (fair Dhallerah) 

 cotton. Price ijid. March 28^ 1863. 



Distance between points of suspension O'l to 0*35 in. 



No. 



grs. 



No. 



grs. 



No. 



grs. 



No. 



grs. 



4 



.. 28-8 



9 



■• 74-8 



7 • 



. 101-7 



10 . 



. 152-6 



3 



•• 417 



2 



•• 777 



16 . 



. 118-5 



5 • 



• 169-9 



8 



.. 48-0 



12 



•• 79'^ 



22 . 



. 122-4 



18 . 



. 192-0 



6 



•• 55'2 



I 



•• 85-9 



17 • 



• 123*2 



20 . 



• 193-4 



13 



.. 56-1 



19 



.. 912 



II . 



• 139*2 



21 . 



• 215-5 



14 



•• 70*5 



15 



... 92*1 











Mean breaking- weight = 105-8 grs. 



This is a very difficult cotton to get a reliable average 

 from^ on account of its sudden tapering off in both direc- 

 tions from the strongest point : the shorter the distance 

 between the points of suspension^ the higher the results. 



