418 MR. C. O^NEILL^S EXPERIMENTS AND 



Breaking- weights of 22 hairs of Mobile cotton. 



December i860. Price 6^d. per lb. 



Distance between points of suspension from o* i to 0*25 inch. 



No. 



grs. 



No. 



grs. 



No. 



grs. 



No. 



grs. 



6 .. 



336 



13 . 



. 96-0 



17 .. 



• 134-4 



I . 



• 155-0 



8 .. 



53-3 



12 . 



. 96*0 



4 • 



• 137-2 



9 - 



. 158-8 



11 .. 



64-'3 



19 . 



. 105-6 



20 .. 



. 138-0 



21 .. 



. 163*2 



18 .. 



88-8 



14 . 



. iio'4 



10 . 



. 144-0 



7 • 



• 165*1 



3 •• 



91-2 



5 .. 



. I29'I 



2 .. 



. 153-1 



22 .. 



• 172-3 



16 .. 



93*6 



15 .. 



• 131-5 











Mean breaking- weight = ii8'8 grs. 



There is a tolerably regular gradation in the diflPer- 

 ences here^ but the range is very great. 



Breaking- weights of 14 hairs of Egyptian cotton. 

 December i860. Price gld. to gj;d. per lb. 



Distance between points of suspension from 0'2 to 0*4 inch. 



No. 



grs. 



No. 



grs. 



No. 



grs. 



No. 



grs. 



8 ... 



77-7 



9 •• 



. 98-8 



12 .. 



• 136-3 



3 •• 



. 169-4 



10 ... 



77-7 



7 • 



. 117-1 



11 .. 



. 147-8 



4 •• 



• 185-2 



6 ... 



8r6 



2 .. 



. I26'2 



14 .. 



. 154-0 



5 .' 



. 191-0 



I ... 



87-8 



13 •• 



• 130-5 











Mean breaking-weight = 127-2 grs. 



Although the distances between the points of suspension 

 in these experiments was at least twice as great as in the 

 previous sample of Egyptian^ the results come out higher 

 in every way^ proving at once a more regular and stronger 

 fibre. 



Breaking- weights for 19 hairs of '^good middling Orleans ^^ 



cotton, at 22|c?. per lb. March 28, 1863, 



One-tenth of an inch between points of suspension. 



No. 



grs. 



No. 



grs. 



No. 



grs. 



No. 



grs. 



II ... 



60-5 



8 ... 



79-2 



5 •< 



• 137-5 



10 . 



.. 240-9 



13 ... 



681 



7 ... 



85-1 



17 . 



. 147-8 



9 • 



. 248-6 



2 .« 



73-4 



14 ... 



87-8 



I .. 



• 153-1 



12 . 



. 266-4 



3 — 



74-9 



18 ... 



86-4 



16 .. 



. 179-0 



19 .. 



. 289-4 



6 ... 



74*9 



15 ... 



117-6 



4 .. 



• 185-3 







Mean breaking-weight = 139-7 grs. 



