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The effect on the corn of the heat generated in the boilers is shown 
further by the temperature records of thermometers 19 and 20, which 
were located against MARCH AAI 
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22. Thermometer 19 
registered an increase 
of 17° F. the first two 
days after the corn 
was loaded, while ther- 
mometer 20 registered 
an increase of only 1° 
F. during this time. 
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Thermometer 19 r €2- Fic. 21.—Hold 3: Temperature records showing the effect of boiler 
istered over 100° F. heat on the temperature of corn. (Cargo No. 2.) 
from March 16 to March 26, after which the temperature steadily 
dropped until April 
2, when steam was 
again generated in 
the donkey boilers, 
the heat immediately 
affecting the temper- 
PS ij{]| ature of the corn, 
[1} which increased 22 
degrees in four days. 
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mometer 19 had a 
temperature of 106° 
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a temperature of 
but 59° F. for the 
— corn surrounding 
Fic. 22.—Hold 3: Temperature records showing the effect of boiler thermometer 20. 
heat on the temperature of corn. (Cargo No. 2.) Tt will be seen in 
Table 14 that the corn surrounding thermometer 19, opposite the 
donkey boilers, underwent by far the most deterioration. Sample 
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