which one pound of each of the £
ibove substances
can enable a man to perfo
rm Ce
xternal work) is
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PRO
about onc-tiftli of the amount mentioned in the
above table. "It is not to be understood from
this," say the compilers of the Catalogue, "that
taking one pound of cod-liver oil would enable a
man to lift one-fifth of 5,649 tons (that is, 1,130
tons) one foot off the ground. What is meant
is that that is the total mechanical work which
the combustion in the body of one pound of the
oil is capable of producing outside the body,
supposing its effect to be wholly expended in
the production of this mechanical work without
any av.vste. Moreover, this statement of the
amount of work in tons lifted one foot does not
take time at all into account. It simply reckons
the total work which it is possible to got out of
the combustion of one pound of cod-liver oil, no
matter how long it may take to do it."
The two following tables illustrate the
application of the above data, the first giving
the weight and cost (1866) of various articles
of food required to be oxidised in the body in
order to raise 140 lbs. to the height of 10,000
feet.
External Work = i Actual Energy.
Weight in lbs. Price
Name of Food. required. per lb.
Cost.
Cheshire Cheese
Mo6
s.
0
d.
10
s.
0
(I.
IH
Potatoes .
5-068
0
1
0
■5}
Apples
7-815
0
H
0
llf
Oatmeal .
1-281
0
n
0
H
Flour
1-311
0
n
0
3f
Pea-meal .
1-335
0
H
0
4
Ground Rice
1-341
;o
4
0
H
Arrowroot
1-287
1
0
1
U
Bread
2-345
0
2
0
4t
Lean Beef
3-532
1
0
3
6,^
Lean Veal
4-300
1
0
3^
Lean Ham, Boiled
3-001
1
6
6
Mackerel .
3-124
0
8
1
Whiting .
White of Egg .
Hard-boiled Egg
6-369
. 8-745
. 2-209
1
0
0
4
6
6^
It
Isinglass .
MUk
1-377
. 8-021
16 0
5d. per qt.
22
t
Carrots .
. 9-685
0
U
n
Cabbages .
Cocoa-nibs
12-020
0-735
0
1
1
6
0.-
1-
Butter .
0-693
1
6
O.i
Beef Fat .
0-555
0
10
5.4
Cod-liver Oil .
0-553
3
6
111-
Lump Sugar .
Commercial Grape
Sugar . ■ .
Bass's Pale Alt
(bottled)
Guiness's Stout
1-505
} 1-537
j 9 bot.
6i ,,
0 6
0 u
\ lOd. i
1 p. bot. 1
Do.
0
5
3
bh
6
7*
Our last table shows the weight of various
ARTICLES OF FOOD required to sustain respira-
tion and CIRCULATION in the body of an average
man during twenty-four hours.
Cheshire Cheese . . ' . .3-0
Potatoes 13-4
Apples 20-7
Oatmeal 3-4
Flour 3-5
Pea-meal . . ... 3-5
Name of Food. . Weight
m Ounces.
Ground Rice 3-6
Arrowroot 3-4
Bread 6-4
Lean Beef 93
Lean Veal 11-4
Lean Ham, Boiled . . . .7-9
Mackerel 8-3
Whiting 16-8
White of Egg 23-1
Hard-boiled Egg .... 5-8
Gelatine 3-6
Milk 21-2
Carrots 25-6
Cabbage ...... 31-8
Cocoa-nibs 1-9
Butter - 1-8
Cod-liver Oil 1-5
Lump Sugar 3'9
Commercial Grape Sugar . . .4-0
All food is either of animal or vegetable
origin. The former seems more allied to our
nature, and is most easily assimilated to our
nourishment ; the latter, though digested with
more difficulty, is the foundation of the former,
as vegetables are the nourishment of animals,
and all food is therefore properly derived from
this source.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
which one pound of each of the above substances
can enable a man to perform external work) is
about one-fifth of the amount mentioned in the above table. "It is not to be understood from this," say the compilers of the Catalogue, "that taking one pound of cod-liver oil would enable a man to lift one-fifth of 5,649 tons (that is, 1,130 tons) one foot off the ground. What is meant is that that is the total mechanical work which the combustion in the body of one pound of the oil is capable of producing outside the body, supposing its effect to be wholly expended in the production of this mechanical work without any waste. Moreover, this statement of the amount of work in tons lifted one foot does not take time at all into account. It simply reckons the total work which it is possible to got out of the combustion of one pound of cod-liver oil, no matter how long it may take to do it."
The two following tables illustrate the application of the above data, the first giving the weight and cost (1866) of various articles of food required to be oxidised in the body in order to raise 140 lbs. to the height of 10,000 feet.
External Work = i Actual Energy.
Weight in lbs. Price Name of Food. required. per lb.
Cost.
Cheshire Cheese
0.6
s.
d.
s.
(I. IH
Potatoes .
5-068
■5}
Apples
7-815
H
llf
Oatmeal .
1-281
n
H
Flour
1-311
n
3f
Pea-meal .
1-335
H
Ground Rice
1-341
;o
H
Arrowroot
1-287
U
Bread
2-345
4t
Lean Beef
3-532
6,^
Lean Veal
4-300
3^
Lean Ham, Boiled
3-001
Mackerel .
3-124
Whiting . White of Egg . Hard-boiled Egg
6-369 . 8-745 . 2-209
6^
It
Isinglass . MUk
1-377 . 8-021
16 0 5d. per qt.
t
Carrots .
. 9-685
U
n
Cabbages . Cocoa-nibs
12-020 0-735
0.-
Butter .
0-693
O.i
Beef Fat .
0-555
5.4
Cod-liver Oil .
0-553
Lump Sugar . Commercial Grape
Sugar . ■ . Bass's Pale Alt
(bottled) Guiness's Stout
1-505
} 1-537
j 9 bot.
6i ,,
0 6
0 u
\ lOd. i
1 p. bot. 1
Do.
bh 7*
Our last table shows the weight of various ARTICLES OF FOOD required to sustain respiration and CIRCULATION in the body of an average man during twenty-four hours.
Cheshire Cheese . . ' . .3-0
Potatoes 13-4
Apples 20-7
Oatmeal 3-4
Flour 3-5
Pea-meal . . ... 3-5
Name of Food. . Weight
m Ounces.
Ground Rice 3-6
Arrowroot 3-4
Bread 6-4
Lean Beef 93
Lean Veal 11-4
Lean Ham, Boiled . . . .7-9
Mackerel 8-3
Whiting 16-8
White of Egg 23-1
Hard-boiled Egg .... 5-8
Gelatine 3-6
Milk 21-2
Carrots 25-6
Cabbage ...... 31-8
Cocoa-nibs 1-9
Butter - 1-8
Cod-liver Oil 1-5
Lump Sugar 3'9
Commercial Grape Sugar . . .4-0
All food is either of animal or vegetable origin. The former seems more allied to our nature, and is most easily assimilated to our nourishment ; the latter, though digested with more difficulty, is the foundation of the former, as vegetables are the nourishment of animals, and all food is therefore properly derived from this source.