1862.] on Mauve and Magenta. 471 



Products of the Destructive Distillation of Coal — continued. 



Name. 



Cresylic acid, or alcohol, Cresol . 



Phlorylic acid, or alcohol, Phlorol 



Bosolic acid 



BniDolic acid 



Ammonia 



Aniline 



Cespiiine 



Pyridine 



Picoline 



Lutidine 



Collidine . 



Parvoline 



Coridine 



Rubidine 



Viridine 



Chinoline, or Leucoline . . . , 



Lepidine 



Cryptidine 



Pyrrol 



Hydrocyanic acid 



Formula. 



(C.H,) }^ 

 (CsH,)}^ 



(?) 



hIn 



Hj 



H In 



H J 



H 



.3)'"N 



(C 



(C, H,)"'N 

 (OeH,y"N 

 (C, H.r'N 

 (Cs H„y"N 

 (a H,3r'N 



(C„ H.,y"N 

 (C.. H,,)"'N 



C, H7N . 



C,oH,N . 

 Cu HaN 



C, H,N(?) 



HON 



Boiling 

 Points. 



203° 



182° 



96° 



115° 

 134" 

 154° 

 170° 

 188° 

 211° 

 230° 

 251° 



235° 

 260- 



This is rather a formidable list of compounds ; their names, too, 

 are not always remarkable for smoothness and melodious character, 

 although, I should not omit to state, they are tame and domestic 

 when compared with some of the terms which chemists of late have 

 been under the painful necessity of inventing and inflicting. You 

 need not be afraid, however, that I shall trouble you with many 

 details about these substances. Most of them, though highly interest- 

 ing for more than one reason, more especially when considered from a 

 purely scientific point of view, are of no importance for our present 



