A/anc/iester MetJioirs, Vol. Hit. (1909), No. 10. 



THE WILDE LECTURE. 



XVL On the Influence of Moisture on Chemical 

 Change in Gases. 



By H. Breketon Baker, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S. 



Delivered March gth, jgog. 



Thirty years ago, Prof. H. B. Dixon investigated the 

 behaviour of carbon monoxide and oxygen when they 

 were dried as completely as possible, and he discovered 





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from the bottom, n'rtis? sulphocyanide/r-^r salicylate. » 



myself and others. It has been shewn that hydrogen and 

 chlorine can be exposed to light without explosion, 

 ammonia and hydrogen chloride mixed without union, 

 sulphur trioxide can be crystallized on lime, ammonium 

 chloride and mercurous chloride give undissociated 

 vapours, hydrogen and oxygen can be exposed to a red 



May nth, i^g. 



