140 COMBUSTION OF ETHER AND METALS IN OXlMURIArxC GAS. 



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XI. 



On the Combustion of Ether, and of Metals, in Oximuriatic 

 Gas: by Mr. Yajx Meerten, anc? a>fr. Strati ngh*. 



Combustion of ^/^S a proof of " the property of sulphuric ether to burn 

 stances in oxi- ^^^^ flame in oximuriatic acid gas, leaving a little oxide of car- 

 muriatic gas. bon,Mr. Van Meerten points out the following experiment. 

 Ethicr. Let a piece of the whitest possible sulphate of lime re- 



xnain some time in ether. Set fire to this piece well soaked 

 in ether, and introduce it under ajar filled with oximuriatic 

 gas : the ether, or rather its hidrogen, will burn rapidly, and 

 the surface of the gypsum will be covered with a coat of ox- 

 ide of carbon. 

 Bm)^. The combustion of brasb and of tin is etfected in this gas 



as easily as that of iron in oxigen. Take a slender brass 

 wire, twisted into a spiral, and termini^ted by a piece of 

 kindled charcoal ; immerse it in ;* jar of oximuriatic gas ; 

 and it will burn rapidly and entirely, throwing out sparks. 

 At the same time it may be seen, that the charcoal has not 

 the property of burning in it, for it remains unaltered. A 

 X^tu tin wire exhibited the same phenomena. 



• Ann. de Chimie, vol. LXXIII, p. 87. Translated from Tromn^s* 

 dorff's Journal der Pharmacie, by Mr. Vogel. 



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