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We are at present engaged in repeating our determina- 

 tions with an apparatus made chiefly of metal. In the new 

 model we have replaced the gas burner by a coil of wire 

 placed within the boiler, and heated electrically. By this 

 means, we hope to reduce the radiation to the calorimeter, 

 and consequently the correction, very considerably, and 

 thereby to increase the accuracy of our results. 



We have, in conclusion, to tender our thanks to 

 Professor Schuster and Mr. H. E. Hadley, B.Sc, for 

 assistance given in the course of our work, and especially to 

 Mr. S. H. Davies, B.Sc, who took part in a tedious series 

 of preliminary rough experiments, of which no account is 

 given here. 



