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ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



The possibility of calculating the conductivity of complex solutions 

 of electrolytes is jn-obabl}' of no practical value ; but it attbrds a means 

 of subjecting the dissociation theiny of electrolytes to severe tests, the 

 greater the complexity of the solution the greater being the severity of 

 the test. 



With the object of testing this theor}'. 1 have calculated' the con- 

 ductivities of a series of solutions containing sodium and potassium 

 chlorides, the conductivities of which liad been observed by Bender, The 

 following table gives the results : 



Trans. Nova Scotian Inst. Sci., vol. ix.. p. 101 : and Phil. Mag. [5], 41, p. 276 



(1896). 



