! G. Cowan, Exercises in Statistical Data Analysis ! ! Data from Jean Perrin on the number of mastic particles observed ! at different heights in a water emulsion. The first measurement ! is arbitrarily assigned a height of zero. ! ! Sources: J. Perrin, "Mouvement Brownien et Realite Moleculaire", ! Ann. Chimie et Physique, 8eme serie, 18 (1909) 1-114; ! "Les Atomes", Flammarion (1991), first edition 1913; ! "Brownian Movement and Molecular Reality", in Mary-Jo Nye, ed., ! "The Question of the Atom", Tomash, Los Angeles, 1984. ! ! Radius of particles = 0.52 microns ! Density of mastic = 1.063 gm/cm^3 ! ! Height (microns) Number of particles observed in a ! layer of approx. 1 micron depth ! 0 1880 6 940 12 530 18 305