Cdmbusiion of Fhosphorus, tyc. . 291 



communicating with the bag of oxygen is opened, in intense com- 

 bustion ensues; since the oxygen, emitted in a jet from the capillary 

 orifices of the tube, reaching the melted phosphorus exerts it into 

 an active combustion, which the nitrous oxide afterwards sustains 

 with great energy 1 . ' / 



Combustion of Phosphorus in Nitrous Oxitlc illustrated. 



