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Table 135. — Comparison of residual amounts of carbon dioxid and vmter in the chamber 
at the beginning and end of each period, and the corresponding gain or loss — Metabolism 
experiments Xos. 82 and 34- 
End of period. 
Carbon dioxid. 
Water. 
Pate. 
Total 
amount 
in 
chamber. 
Gain ( + ) 
or loss 
(-) over 
preced- 
ing 
period. 
Total 
amount 
of vapor 
remain- 
ing in 
chamber. 
Gain ( + ) 
or loss 
(— ) over 
preced- 
ing 
period. 
Change 
in weight 
of ab- 
sorbers, a 
gain i -r 1 
or 
loss ( — ) . 
Drip 
from 
absorb- 
ers. 
Total 
amount 
gained 
( + )or 
Lost 1 -) 
during 
the 
period. 
1900. 
Apr. 20 
20-21 
Experiment No. 32. 
Grams. 
27.0 
70.7 
64.6 
27.6 
27.6 
Grams. 
Grams. 
39.0 
49.0 
48.6 
44.5 
43.1 
Grams. 
Grams. 
Grams. 
Grams. 
+43.7 
- 6.1 
-37.0 
+ 10.0 
- .4 
- 4.1 
- 1.4 
-127 
+ 30 
— 55 
- 55 
35. 7 
130.0 
8.0 
8.0 
+ 172. 7 
+ 159. 6 
1 a . in 
7 a. m 
Total 
- 51.1 
4> 4 
+ .6 
+ 4.1 
+ 47 
181.7 
232 8 
21-22 
83.4 
86.6 
27.2 
30.4 
+55.8 
+ 3.2 
-59.4 
+ 3.2 
■2. 3 
52.6 
46.2 
49.4 
- 9.2 
+ .3 
- 6.4 
+ 3.2 
+ 190 
+ 12 
- 86 
- 85 
94.0 
424. B 
28.0 
28.0 
+ 293. 2 
7 p. m 
la. m 
7 a. ra 
Total 
1 p. m 
+ 437. 1 
- 64.4 
- 53. 8 

+ 2.8 
+ 6.3 
+ 31 
574. 8 
+ 612. 1 
22-23 
92.5 
86.8 
28.5 
27.0 
+62.1 
- 5.7 
-58.3 
- 1.5 
58.1 
53.8 
49.6 
46.7 
+ 8.7 
- 4.3 
- 4.2 
- 2.9 
+192 
- 26 
- 70 
- 70 
334.8 
595.0 
40.0 
40.0 
7 p. m 
+ 564. 7 
34 2 
— 32.9 
Total 
- 3.4 
- 2.7 
+ 26 
1,009.8 
- 1 - 1,033 1 
Experiment No.SU. 
Apr. 26 
26-27 
26.0 
81.3 
78.3 
28.1 
26.2 
46.0 
54.9 
53.4 
47.9 
46.2 
1 p. m 
+ 55.3 
- 3.0 
-50.2 
- 1.9 
+ 8.9 
- 1.5 
- 5.5 
- 1.7 
+184 
- 19 
- 72 
- 71 
231.5 
433.2 
11.0 
11.0 
- 424. 4 
7 p. m 
+ 412. 7 
1 a. m 
- 66.5 
61 7 
Total 
+ .2 
+ 22 
686. 7 
+ 708. 9 
1 p. m 
27-28 
82.1 
74.5 
25.3 
25.8 
+55.9 
- 7.6 
-49.2 
+ .5 
54.7 
53.0 
44.5 
45.0 
+ 8.5 
- 1.7 
- 8.5 
+ .5 
+155 
- 6 
- 84 
- 84 
247.2 
461.8 
18.0 
18.0 
+ 410. 7 
- 454. 1 
— 74.5 
1 a. m 
7 a. m 
— 65. 5 
Total 
- .4 
— 1.2 
- 19 
745.0 
- 724.8 
1 p. m 
28-29 
81.9 
78.1 
26.0 
25. 1 
+56.1 
-52. 1 
- .9 
53.6 
52.4 
46.4 
43.5 
+ 8.6 
- 1.2 
- 6.0 
- 2.9 
+177 
- 78 
- 78 
215. 6 
456. 3 
13.0 
13.0 
- 401.2 
7 p. m 
+ 448. 1 
1 a. m 
- 71.0 
7 a. m 
- 67.9 
Total 
- • ? 
- 1.5 
- 14 
697. 9 
+ 710. 4 
* Absorbers were not weighed between 7 p. m. and 
time is divided equally between the two periods. 
a. m. The change in the weight during this 
