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formed, which were readily soluble in hot water, and could be recrystal- 

 lized without dilRculty. These salts proved to have in all cases the 

 same composition, and are represented by the formula 



20 WO5 . P.O^ . 6 BaO + 48 aq, 



as the following analyses show : — 



I. 



1.1103 gr. lost on ignition with fused borax 0.1458 gr. = 13. 14^ water. 

 1.1831 gr. " " " " 0.1560gr. = 13.18% " 



1.0691 gr. gave 0.7775 gr. WO3 and V^O^ = 72.72% 



0.9390 gr. " 0.6850 gr. " =72.84% 



11. 



1.0676 gr. lost on ignition 0.1400 gr. = 13.11% water. 



0.6550 gr. gave 0.4763 gr. WO3 and P^O^ = 72.72% 



III. 



1.1110 gr. lost on ignition 0.1461 gr. = 13.15%water. 



0.6409 gr. gave 0.4667 gr. WO, and F^O, = 72.81 % 



and 0.0704 gr. P2O11U2 = 2.18% PgO^ 



0.6222 gr. gave 0.0710 gr. P^Oi^Uj = 2.26% " 



Analyses I. were made with the salt from the 24 to 2 ; II. from that 

 obtained from the 12 to 2 ; and III. from the salt of the 18 to 2 mix- 

 ture. The phosphoric oxide was precipitated twice. 



70.50 70.62 70.50 70.59 

 2.18 2.26 



13.14 13.18 13.11 13.15 



The salt dissolves readily in hot water, giving a somewhat milky 

 solution. Chlorhydric acid gives no precipitate at first, but after a time 

 a white crystalline powder is formed, which is the acid salt of the 

 24-atom series already described. 



The fact that the same salt is formed independently of the propor- 

 tions of sodic tungstate and phosphate is an important one, and illus- 

 trates the peculiarities of the series of phospho-tungstates which I 

 have already pointed out. 



Eighteen Atom Series. — When normal sodic tungstate and hydro- 

 disodic phosphate are dissolved together in the proportion of 20 

 molecules of the former to 2 of the latter, and acetic acid is added to 



