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tinum is, for the most part, removed with the excess of mer- 
eury. The body thus prepared, has the consistency and 
appearance of Ammonium-amalgam, as obtained by acting 
upon an Ammonium Salt with Sodium-amalgam. At ordi- 
nary temperatures, several days are required for its complete 
decomposition. It possesses the marked reducing power 
peculiar to Hydrogenium, reducing Ferricyanides to Ferro- 
eyanides, Per Salts of Iron to Proto Salts, decolorizing Per- 
manganate of Potassium, &. This Hydrogenium-amalgam 
also absorbs Ammonia, and the resulting body resembles 
Ammonium-amalgam as otherwise obtained. 
Since Graham compared Hydrogenium with the active 
modification of oxygen, Mr. Loew proposed to consider the 
following series as parallel. | 
Antozone. Common Oxygen. Ozone. 
Nascent Hydrogen. Common Hydrogen. Hydrogenium. 
And he further suggests the representing of these three 
states of Hydrogen, by formulze in the following manner. 
[H] [EEL ERY [HH] H 
Nascent Hydrogen. Common Hydrogen. Hydrogenium. 
He performed the experiment as described, in a most satis- 
factory manner, producing a large mass of the supposed 
Hydrogenium-amalgam. The reading of this paper elicited 
considerable discussion. Dr. I. Walz, spoke in high terms of 
Mr. Loew’s ingenious experiment, but opposed his theoretical 
views ; especially the comparison of nascent Hydrogen and 
Antozone, the existence of which he denied. He exhibited 
the action of Bi-Chromate of Potassium and Zinc-amalgam 
when shaken together, whereby the former-is reduced, and ap- 
parently a compound of Hydrogenium and Mercury obtained, 
which cliffered in characters somewhat from that exhibited by 
Mr. Loew. 
Prof: C. A. Joy, referred to the experiments of Schdnbein, 
which conclusively prove, he considered, the existence of 
Antozone. Schénbein agitated Zinc-amalgam with water, 
and examined the solution obtained. This did not act upon 
Iodide of Potassium and Starch, until a trace of a Proto-salt 
