Hygrometry. 
35 
Whalebone. 
Slip. Thread, 
0 
0,0 
5 
12,1 
10 
o' 
co 
*5 
41,1 
20 
5M 
*5 
59- 1 
30 
65,6 
35 
71,1 
40 
76,5 
45 
81,8 
50 
85,8 
55 
88,8 
60 
9 ! >3 
63 
93>3 
70 
95> 6 
75 
97. 6 
So 
98,6 
85 
99,6 
90 
100,1 
95 
100,5 
ISxtn moift. ioo ioo. 
Quill. 
Shavings. Slip. Thread, 
0,0 
0,0 
0,0 
4,8 
40,0 
13,0 
9>7 
72,0 
20,0 
I4»4 
85,0 
26,0 
19,2 
95>° 
3 J » 0 
23.9 
101,0 
36,0 
28,5 
105, 0 
42,0 
33’3 
107,0 
43’8 
3 8 >3 
102,0 
48,3 
42,9 
104,0 
52,3 
47)4 
107,0 
56,5 
52.4 
103,0 
60,5 
56,9 
105,0 
&4,4 
61,9 
106,0 
69,4 
67,2 
108,0 
74,0 
72,2 
107,0 
78,0 
77> 8 
106,0 
84,0 
82,8 
105,0 
88,0 
88,2 
IO36 
94,0 
94.0 
102,0 
IOO. 
IOO. 
IOO. 
Deal. 
Shavings. 
Slip. 
Thr. 
0,0 
0,0 
0,0 
6,2 
5.4 
42,0 
9»4 
JI,t 
69,4 
i 5 ,6 
16,5 
94,8 
22,6 
21,9 
107,0 
27,0 
27,2 
1 1 3- 6 
33> 2 
3 2 )7 
I l8,6 
36,0 
38.3 
122,6 
41,2 
43-7 
120,6 
46.7 
49.2 
123,6 
49-7 
54-6 
126,6 
56, 1 
59)9 
119,7 
59>9 
64,9 
122,7 
63>7 
69,7 
119,7 
67,1 
74.5 
117,6 
73)4 
79.° 
115. 6 
78,1 
83.5 
112,6 
83,8 
87-5 
1 10,0 
OO 
OO 
00 
92,0 
107,0 
* 93> 8 
96,0 
103,6 
*100. 
IOO. 
IOO. 
From the 18 fir ft terms of that table, which are the imme- 
diate refults of the experiment, we are now to examine my 
opinion, that the lengthening of the flips of whalebone, quill, 
and deal , beyond thefe terms is a fine fign that, till they have 
attained their point ioo, moifture continues to increafe in the 
medium where they are placed. 
53. There could not be any doubt on that propofition, if it 
were not for fome threads fimilar to that of whalebone ; which. 
threads , having fenfibly attained their utmoft length at the 
period when the experiment was flopped, feem to indicate, that 
F 2 moiflure 
