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loss the first hour and the lov7 per cent pore space in- 

 dicates that too much water was lost before the saturated 

 samples "were placed on the scale pan. This supports 

 the conclusion stated above that this direct method of 

 determining pore space is not dependable. 



TABLE "I" ; COMPARING MOISTURE CONTENT IN CYLINDERS WHEN THE 

 FAIRLY UNfffORM LEVEL WAS REACHED WITH MOISTURE IN THE ENDS OF 

 PLATS IN THE FIELD JDEY 9TH, 1907. 



No. Plat 



Moisture when 

 level reached 



io 



Moisture Calculated 

 of end plats from checks 



io 



io 



1 



4 



7 

 10 

 16 

 19 

 22 

 25 



2 



3 



5 



9 

 22 0. 

 23 



25.0 

 23.2 

 21.3 

 16.7 

 24.0 

 23.8 

 19.9 

 20.3 

 24.5 

 23.0 

 23.5 

 17.7 

 22.6 

 23.8 



24.5 

 22.1 

 19.9 

 17.4 

 24.0 

 21.7 

 21.3 

 20.6 

 24.4 



24.4 

 23.8 

 22.6 

 18.2 



22.9 



