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so determined do not correspond to definite compounds, probably 

 because an empirical formula is used instead of the immediate re- 

 sults of experiment. In conclusion, the author's results were briefly 

 stated thus : — 



1. The points of elevation, depression, or peculiarity in the curve 

 of condensation, denote definite compounds, whatever be the stand- 

 ard strength used. 



2. The use of varying the standard is simply to render such 

 points more prominent, or, in other words, to convert a point of 

 peculiarity into one of elevation or depression, as the case may be. 



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