Table 2.

Measurements of cast wax rods at room temperature (9 °C).

Cold wax length	Calculated Shrinkage	Casting temperature	Room temperature	Mould type	Mould was	measured volume
in cm	in percent	in °C	in °C		cast	loss in ml
33.0	2.5	70.0	9.0	open hearth mould	horizontally	n.a
32.8	3.1	70.0	9.0	open hearth mould	horizontally	n.a
32.7	3.4	70.0	9.0	open hearth mould	horizontally	n.a
32.8	3.1	70.0	9.0	open hearth mould	horizontally	n.a
33.2	1.9	63.0	9.0	closed mould	vertically	see caption
33.5	1.2	70.0	9.0	closed mould	vertically	9.0

Mould length 33.85 mm. Casting temperature is 70 °C in all but one case. Experiment no 6 no volume loss was observed, because wax was cast at solidus temperature of 63 °C of the experiments beeswax and produced very bad cast objects with numerous cold shuts.