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tui'bid. M. Vogel adds, this may easily be conceived as the animal 

 substances ; although they easily putrify and form carbonic acid, can- 

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XVIII. Hydriodide of Carbon. 



According to M. Serrulas, hydriodide of carbon may be plentifully 

 obtained by merely treating a solution of iodine in alcohol, with one of 

 caustic soda or potash in the same fluid,"-'(Ann. de Chimie.) 



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