PREFACE. Ill 



to water as a solvent. Some little work has already been done on this 

 portion of the problem, as will be seen, in which methyl and ethyl alcohols 

 have been used. The results thus far obtained would indicate that certain 

 substances at least, such as lithium chloride, lithium bromide, and lithium 

 nitrate, when dissolved in the alcohols, combine with more or less of the 

 solvent. 



It will require a larger amount of work, which is now in progress, to settle 

 the question of salvation in general. 



HARRY C. JONES. 



