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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.