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Table: Splashing Experiments.Table II.

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Table II.

Number of Experiment	Date of Experiment.	Direction and Force of Wind.	Barometrical pressure.	Temperature (shade).	Temperature of Sewer Air.	Current of Air in Sewer.	Quantity of Sewage.	Vols. of CO2 in per 10.000 Fresh Air..	Vols. of CO2 in per 10.000 Fresh Air	Time Experiment began.	Time Experiment finished.	Organisms in 10 litres of normal sewer air.			Organisms in 10 litres of Sewer Air during splashing.			Organisms in 10 litres of Sewer Air during splashing.		Total.	Remarks.
Number of Experiment	Date of Experiment.	Direction and Force of Wind.	Barometrical pressure.	Temperature (shade).	Temperature of Sewer Air.	Current of Air in Sewer.	Quantity of Sewage.	Vols. of CO2 in per 10.000 Fresh Air..	Vols. of CO2 in per 10.000 Fresh Air	Time Experiment began.	Time Experiment finished.	Moulds.	Bacteria	Total.	Moulds.	Bacteria.	Total.	Moulds.	Bacteria.	Total.	Remarks.
1	1891. Nov. 20th	s.w. Fair breeze	29.90	–	55	2 ft. per second against How	Less than normal	–	13.86 12.34	12.30 p.m.	3.20 p.m.	17	5	22	20 0 8	feet 7feet	7	12 65 4	feet 21feet	86	Moderately fine day; sewer walls very wet.
2	Nov. 25th	S.E. Moderate	29.78	–	55	3 ft. per second against flow	Normal	–	13.17 13.17	2.45 p.m.	4.45 p.m.	0	18	18	0 4	27 feet	33	0 8	7feet	7	Fine day; no sewage had been flowing for two days owing to repairs.
3	Dec. 2nd	S.W. Moderate	29.48	–	56.5	Slight to 3 ft. per second against flow	Rather more than normal	–	11.79	2.40 p.m.	5.0 p.m.	40	6	40	47	3	50	5	4	9	Fine day; sewage had been diverted for some days, owing to repairs; sewer walls very damp.