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5 o  —      BfiCHAMP OR PASTEUR?
         The following table IV gives a summary of the observa-
       tions:
                             !TABLE IV
                        Bechamp's Beacon Experiment.
                       ]dotations of the PIane of Pc>larisation.
       16.365 grm.  of                              Observations
       Cane-sugar  in  1857
       100 c.c.   Mar. 27  April 30 May 30  June 30  July 30  Dec. 5
       Solution not  +24°  + 24°  + 24°  + 23°  + 19.68° Whitish floc-
       creosoted (No. 1)                            cula  carpet-
                                                    ed the  bot-
                                                    tom  of  the
                                                    flasks.
        Id.  (No. 2)  +24°  + 24°  + 22.8°  +21.6°  + 15.6°  In flask No.
                                                    2 the floccu-
                                                    la  became
                                                    more abund-
                                                    ant; June 30,
                                                    without  fil-
                                                    tering,  one
                                                    drop of creo-
                                                    sote was ad-
                                                    ded; this ad-
                                                    dition  did
                                                    not  prevent
                                                    the  further
                                                    progress  of
                                                    the inversion.
         Id.  (No. 3)  + 24°   + 24°
         Id.  (No. 4)  +24°         +24°  +24°
         Id.  (No. 5)  +24°                     + 24°
       Creosoted  solu-
         tions (No. la)  +24°  + 24°  + 24°  + 24°  + 24°  + 24°
         Id.  (No. 2a)  + 24°  +24°  + 24°  + 24°  + 24°
         Id.  (No 3a)  + 24°        +24°  + 24°  + 24°
         Id.  (No. 4a)  + 24°             +24°  + 24°
            (No. 5a)  + 24°                     +24°
       Creosoted arseni-
       ated solution  .  + 24°  + 24°  + 24°  + 24°  + 24°
         Bechamp has himself explained the results.
         Flasks  i and 2 lost a little liquid during manipulation
       and thus were not completely filled.  Air in consequence
       came into contact with the solutions they held and, in
       these, moulds appeared and alteration in the medium
       ensued, the dates differing in the two cases and the
       variation proving more rapid in the flask where the moulds
       were the more abundant.
         On the contrary, the sugared water quite secured from
       air during the eight months of observation underwent no
       change, although kept in the warm climate of Montpellier
         1
          Les Microzymas, p. 54.
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