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by the former processes ; it was found to boil constantly at 146° C, 

 and its analysis agreed almost exactly with the formula. In this 

 process the lowest distillate had the same smell of vinous £ether 

 which was before observed in the other methods. 



An attempt was made to produce the intermediate compounds 

 CHC12, AeO, and CHCl, 2AeO, by adding dry and powdered 

 sethylate of soda very gradually to a large excess of chloroform ; but 

 the liquid after being separated from the precipitate, was found, on 

 distilling fractionally, to resolve itself into chloroform, alcohol, and 

 the body (C? H'^ O^) already obtained, the presence of no other sub- 

 stance being observable. 



With a view of obtaining a compound analogous to the body 

 C7 H'^ 03, in which amyle should be introduced instead of sethyle, 

 dry amylate of soda was prepared, to three equivalents of which one 

 equivalent of chloroform was added, the liquid separated from the 

 precipitate and then distilled fractionally ; a large proportion of fusel- 

 oil was obtained, together with a small proportion of a body which 

 boiled at a high temperature, — from 260° to 290° C, but chiefly from 

 260° to 270°; the purification of this substance was not carried 

 further, as at each distillation a considerable portion was decomposed 

 even in an atmosphere of hydrogen, the small quantity of the liquid 

 available precluding any more attempts at distillation. — From the 

 Proceedings of the Royal Society, June 15, 1854. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR SEPT. 1854. 



Chiswick. — September 1. Very fine. 2. Slight fog : very fine. 3. Foggy: very 

 fine. 4. Foggy : slight haze : excessively dry air. 5. Very fine : hazy : fine. 

 6 — 10. Very fine. 11. Dense fog : clear : quite cloudless : very fine. 12. Dense 

 fog : very fine. 13. Cloudy : rain. 14. Cloudy : slight rain : overcast. 15. Very 

 fine. 16. Overcast. 17. Very fine. 18. Fine : cloudy : rain. 19. Overcast and 

 vsrindy : shght rain. 20. Cloudy : rain. 21. Clear : quite cloudless : fine : light- 

 ning in the evening. 22. Very clear : fine. 23. Densely overcast. 24, 25. Very 

 fine. 26 — 29. Foggy, with very heavy dews in the mornings : very fine throughout 

 the days : clear and cold at nights. 30. Dense fog throughout. 



Mean temperature of the month 56°*93 



Mean temperature of Sept. 1853 55*45 



Mean temperature of Sept. for the last twenty-eight years... 56 '98 



Average amount of rain in Sept 2*57 inches. 



Boston.— ^e^i. 1—4. Fine. 5. Cloudy. 6. Fine. 7—9. Cloudy. 10—12. 

 Fine. 13. Cloudy. 14. Rain a.m. 15— 17. Cloudy. 18. Fine. 19. Cloudy : 

 rain a.m. 20. Rain a.m. 21, 22. Fine. 23. Cloudy : raiji a.m. 24. Cloudy: 

 stormy a.m. and p.m. 25 — 29. Fine. 30.- Foggy. 



Sandwick Manse, Orkney. — Sept. 1. Cloudy a.m. : clear p.m. 2. Clear a.m. : 

 cloudy P.M. 3. Clear, fine a.m. : clear p.m. 4. Rain a.m. : clear, fine p.m. 5. 

 Cloudy, fine a.m. : cloudy p.m. 6. Drizzle a.m. : rain p.m. 7. Drizzle a.m. : 

 cloudy P.M. 8. Cloudy a.m. : clear, fine, aurora p.m. 9. Clear, fine a.m. and p.m. 

 10. Bright, fine a.m. : clear, fine p.m. 11. Rain a.m. and p.m. 12. Clear, fine a.m. : 

 cloudy P.M. 13. Clear a.m. : rain p.m. 14. Clear a.m. : showers p.m. 15. 

 Showers a.m. and p.m. 16. Showers a.m.: cloudy p.m. 17. Bright a.m.: 

 showers p.m. 18. Showers a.m. and p.m. 19. Bright a.m. : clear p.m. 20. 

 Showers a.m.: cloudy p.m. 21. Bright a.m.: clear p.m. 22. Bright a.m.: 

 cloudy P.M. 23, 24. Rain a.m. : clear p.m. 25. Showers a.m. : cloudy p.m. 26. 

 Showers a.m. : clear p.m. 27. Clear a.m. : cloudy p.m. 28. Clear, fine a.m. : 

 clear p.m. 29. Cloudy a.m. and p.m. 30. Hazy a.m. : clear p.m. 



Mean temperature of Sept. for twenty-seven previous years . 52°'32 



Meaii temperature of this month , 55 '07 



Mean temperature of Sept. 1853 53 •28- 



Average quantity of rain in Sept. for fourteen previous years 2 81 inches. 



