AND RATIO OF THEIR ATOMIC WKUUITS. 59 



piilhuliiiiu fi)i- purifying the hydrogen in the way described, niti'ogeu could no 

 longer be detected, though sought for repeatedly in a volume as large as two litres. 

 Tlie search for it was then discontinue<l. 



AMOUNTS OK NITHOtiEN KOI'Nl) IN IIVDliOOKN WIIKII U AS WEKi II KD : 



0. I'TKS'r METHOD. OBSERVATIONS AND RESULTS. 



The weights of hydrogen observed in this series of experiments are given in 

 the following table, which shows also the number of different observations of the 

 ecpiilibrium of the balance, counting all the different releases and arrests made at 

 one time as but one observation. 



OBSERVATIONS WITH GLOBE 2. 



Date. Weight, gr. 



October 23-24 Exhausted 12 observations 14.2025 



November 4- 7 Filled 21 " 13 4905 



March 27-29 Exhausted 9 " 14.1195 



April 6-11 Filled 20 " 13-3579 



Renewed lubrication. 



April 23~25 Exhausted 



April 28 - May t Filled 

 May 6- 7 Filled 



Renewed joint. 



May 8- 9 Filled 10 observations 13-3760 



May 10-12 Exhausted 8 " i4-i237 



OKSERVATIONS WITH GLOBE 4. 



