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BfiCHAMP'S beacon experiment 47

*TABLE II
Experiment by M. Maumene\

Variety of sugar 16.35 Initial rotation Rotation at the
gr. in 100 c.c. of solution in 200 m.m. tube end of 9 months Remarks
January 4th, 1854 in 200 m.m. tube
White candy +100° + 22° Slight mould.
+100° + 23° Idem.
+ 98.5° + 31.5° Mould a little larger.
+ 96.5° + 88° Slight mould.

Bechamp here saw his own observations borne out. On
pages 50 and 51 of Les Microzymas he tells us the two
questions that had arisen in his mind through his own and
M. Maumene's experiments:
"Are moulds endowed with chemical activity?"
"What is the origin of the moulds that appear in the
sugared water?"
With a view to finding an answer to these questions, he
commenced at Strasbourg on the 25th June, 1856, a fresh
series of experiments that were completed at Montpellier
on the 5th December, 1857. Thus it was during the course
of this work that he left Strasbourg to start his happy
successful career at the famous Southern University.

The following table III on page 48 shows his new
observations:
1
Les Microzymas, p. 50.