894. It was our intention to have pursued these experiments, with the view of ascertaining the influence of the hygrometrical state of the air on transpiration, as well as the absorbing power of the skin, under circumstances so favourable to the activity of that power, but the investigation has been unavoidably postponed.
895. The results of these observations are as interesting in relation to absorption as to transpiration. Thus, James Finnigan, on the 18th of November, weighed,
| cwt. | qr. | lbs. | oz. | |
| before the experiment | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
| after the experiment | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| having lost | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
On the 25th of November he weighed 1 cwt. 1 qr. 12 lbs. 4 oz., having gained in the interval 1 lb. 14 oz.
Michael Griffiths, on the 18th of November,
| cwt. | qr. | lbs. | oz. | |
| before the experiment, weighed | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 |
| after the experiment | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| having lost | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
On the 25th of November, before the experiment, he weighed 1 cwt. 1 qr. 15 lbs. 8oz., having gained 14 oz.; but on the 3rd of June he weighed 1 cwt. 1 qr. 8 lbs. 8 oz., having lost between the 18th of November and the 3rd of June, 6 lbs. 2 oz.
896. John Kenny, on the 18th of November,
| cwt. | lbs. | oz. | |
| before the experiment, weighed | 1 | 26 | 10 |
| after the experiment | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| having lost | 0 | 2 | 9 |
On June the 3rd he weighed 1 cwt. 22 lbs. 2oz., having gained in the interval 4 lbs. 8 oz.