24 Absorption of Gases hj IVatcr and other Liquids. 



far as I know, entirely new ; I have lately been prosecuting 

 this inquiry with remarkable success. The principle cannot 

 be entered upon in this paper ; but I shall just subjoin the 

 results, as far as thev appear to be ascertained by my expe- 

 riments. 



Table of the relative PVtights of the ullimate Particles of 



Oasenus and other Bodies. 



Hydrogen - - - - I 



Azote - - - - 4-2 



Carbon - _ . . 4-3 



Ammonia - _ _ _ 5-2 



Oxygen - - - - 5*5 



Water r - - -6-5 



Phoisphorus - - - - 7 2 



Phosphuretted hydrogen - - 8' 2 



Nitrous gas - - - - 9-3 



Ether - - - _ g-a 



Gaseous oxide of carbon - - 9'8 



Nitrous oxide _ - _ 13-7 



Sulphur - _ _ _ 14-4 



Nitric acid _ - _ _ 15-2 



Sulphuretted hydrogen - - - 15-4 



Carbonic acid - - _ i5-3 



Alcohol - - - - 15-1 



Sulphureous acid - - - 19'9 



Sulphuric acid _ - _ 25-4 

 Carburetted hydrogen from stagnant water 6-3 



Oleiiant gas - - " - - 5-3 



In Plate I. fig. 1. the lower globes are to represent par-r 

 tides of water : the top globe represents a particle of air 

 resting on four particles of water. Fig. 3. Incumbent stra- 

 tum of atmosphere — the particles marked with a dot or point. 

 A stratum of air in the water — the particles marked with a. 

 small cross. Two representations are given : in one (azotic 

 and hvdrogenous gas), the distance of particles 4 to 1 ; in 

 the other (oxygenous, nitrous, and carburetted hydrogenous 

 gas), distance oT particles 3 to 1. 



Plate II. fig. 1. Profile view of air in water, azotic and 

 hydrogenous gas, ^i^ density : oxygenous, nitrous, and car- 

 buretted hydrogenous gu;^,, -^^ density. 



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