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areToM that- """''^ ^' " ^^'P^^^^ *^ characterize.' We 



(1) An acid solution of peroxide of hydroo-en fH O \ 

 causes the conversion of a solution of ferrocyanide of potS 

 «iuna (K,Fe Cy,) to that of ferrocyanide (K3F':f;Cyr "^ 



(2) An alkaline solution of peroxide of potassium (K O 1 

 added to a protosalt of manganese, forms hydrlteZiSe 

 of manganese (MnHjO ). "jujcLteu ijeroxiau 



(3) An alkaline solution of peroxide of sodium rWn O l 

 oxidizes an alkaline solution of sesquioxide Tchrimta;' 

 forming cliromate of potassium (K CrO ) cnromium, 



dio^We' maStf ?'^ *^ 1,''=?''"* °f S»ienbein that baric 



f» 'eLh X'r tS^r'^^r 'T^^^ ^ '='''"'-' -«-««oi 

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p4-s^rii-erfis^tCe''r^^^^^^^ 



:nXm ITttnsfir^it't XS ;-Z£i ? 

 new combination it will no lonirZduce thp pV". !• 

 reduction. Again, we transfer th.^^xyfen of the pero^^^^^^ o1 

 banum to anhydrous acetic acid, and" we Lm one of the 

 most powerful ox dizing compounds with which the chemtt 

 IS acquamted, whUe we can transfer this oxyoen to bn vt. 

 and restore it to its original properties Tt if w +i ^ 

 that is different, but the eSrntliff ^i^,' I'^i^f^^ 

 oxygen is associated.' [PhU. Trans. 1862 p 853 ) 



Whichever of these theories we admit we have still p... 



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 It to be eight times as dense. These opinions were however 

 soon abandoiied. The more recent research iX its c^nlt ' 

 tution would seem to indicate its density to be 16584 

 Ossan has made some experiments with regid to the atomi^ 



