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The following paper was read 
On the Question of the Existence of Antozone. 
By O. Lorw. 
Engler and Nasse published a few months ago in the 
Annalen der Chemie u. Pharmacie, a very able paper on the 
questionable existence of Antozone. They have shown that 
the mist, which appears according to Meissner, when electrl- 
fied Oxygen is passed through a solution of Iodide of Potas- 
sium, was due to the presence of Peroxide of Hydrogen, 
which they condensed in strongly-cooled U tube. Further, 
they stated that no Antozone, but only vapors of Peroxide 
of Hydrogen appear, when Peroxide of Barium is heated 
with concentrated Sulphuric Acid. For these two special in- 
stances, it is proved that the supposed Antozone was only 
Peroxide of Hydrogen. But there are several other instan- 
ces, for which this proof is wanting; among them are certain 
peculiarities of some essential oils, especially Oil of 'Turpen- 
tine, and of the Fluorspar from Woelsendorf, Bavaria. 
We know from the interesting researches of Schoenbein, 
that Spirits of Turpentine, which has been for a long time 
exposed to the influence of the air, possesses bleaching and 
oxidizing properties, and that such spirit when shaken with 
water, produces therein a certain quantity of Peroxide of 
Hydrogen. There are good reasons for believing that the 
oxidizing agent contained in the Spirits of Turpentine, is 
neither common Oxygen nor Ozone, but it remained to be 
proved whether the Peroxide of Hydrogen was contained in 
the Spirits before contact with water, or was produced by the 
action of a peculiar modification of oxygen contained in the 
Spirits upon the water. The following experiments proves 
that the original bleaching and oxydizing agent in the Spirits 
was not Peroxide of Hydrogen, but Oxygen in a peculiar 
condition, which we may call if we please “ Antozone.” 
It is well known that Peroxide of Hydrogen, when in a 
