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•3d, That distilled water, submitted to the same galvanic 

 action in the vessels where the hydrogen is liberated by the 

 conducting wire, corresponding with the negative pole, is not 

 sensibly altered. 



4th, That water, in this case, gives no sign of muriatic 

 acid. 



5lh, (Lastly). That distilled water submitted to the same 

 galvanic action in the syphon, where no disengagement 

 either of hydrogen or oxygen takes place, does not seem to 

 have changed its state. 



Although these consequences seem to the Society to be 

 indisputable, yet thcv still continue to repeat their experi- 

 ments upon a larger volume of water and with longer conti- 

 nuance, in order to satisfy the requests that have been made 

 to them by several intelligent chemists. 



VI r. Account of an Experiment made by the Galvanic So- 

 ciety of Paris, upon, the Formation of the Oxymuriatic 

 Acid, and the Separation of Soda from the Muriate ofSoda^ 

 by means of the Pile of Folta. Communicated on the \ 5th 

 of Dec. I8O6, to the Galvanic Society of the French Na- 

 tional Institute. By M. Chompke*. 



In a recent number of the Amiales de Chimie*, the Gal- 

 vanic Society published the experiments they made, in order 

 to verify those of M. Bruguatelli, one of their correspon- 

 dents. They concluded, 1st, That if we suIkhIi to the 

 action of the pile of Volta, distilled water contained in two 

 vessels communicating together by means of a syphon, the 

 water \^ hlch receives the gold wire proceeding from the po- 

 sitive pole, coustaiuly presents characters which announce 

 the presence of muriatic acid : 3d, That the water which re- 

 ceives the gold wire corresponding with tlic negative pole is 

 not sensibly altered. 



It has l)een observed, that when the apparatus is covered 

 with a bell glass, to preserve it from a full communication 



• See the prcccUing article. 



with 



