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The Measurement and Control of Humidity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

P. A. Buxton  and
K. Mellanby
P. A. Buxton
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
K. Mellanby
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
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A few years ago a paper appeared in this Bulletin (Buxton, 1931) describing methods of controlling and measuring humidity. Since that paper was written, we have evolved a number of improvements which tend to make the methods easier in practice, though none of them are novel in principle. It is now known that humidity has diverse and unpredictable effects on many insects. In experimental work it is advisable that humidity should always be measured and controlled even if it is not a factor in the experiment. Moreover, workers should state what method of measurement or control they have adopted.

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Original Articles
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , July 1934 , pp. 171 - 175
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1934

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