334 Ex'bcrhiioUs to ddco'mpofe the Mui-mtic Ac'i-I, 

 vious tlcconi portion of their moifture, carbonic acid wouM 

 'Continue to be generated. But the electrified carbonated by* 

 tlrogenous gas itfelf contains carbonic acid, 'which, unlefs 

 removed, would render the refult (jf thfe experiment uiide- 

 cilive: This was accompli flied bv pacing up, to a portion 

 of ele6l rifled gas, a buljble of two of drv ammoniacal gas^ 

 ^vbich, uniting with the carboiiic acid; would candenle any 

 portion of it that might be prcfent. The remainder wa4 

 transferred into another tube ; and to this carb'cfnated hy-'' 

 drogeuotis gas, pcrfe6lly deprived both of moKhire and car- 

 bonic acid, muriatic acid . gas^ pfevioufly eleftrified, wa$ 

 added, dud eleftHcal ihocks were pafl'ed through the mix- 

 ture. A drop of water wAs then admitted ; and the liefidu- 

 ary gas; after having been dried, was transferred into anothef 

 tube. On pafling vtp bafylic water, ndt the fmallett trace of 

 carbonic acid could be difeovtrcd; 



['>om the preceding experihicntS, the following conclufions 

 may be deduced : 



1. The muriatic atid gas, in the drieft: ilate in which it 

 cati be procured, dill contains a portion of water. From a 

 calculation founded on the experiments dcfcribed id the firlt 

 Icflioo, the gt-ounds of which sre too obvious to require 

 being dated, it follows that ico cubical inches of muriatic 

 cas, after expofure to muriat of lime, dill hold in combina- 

 tion 1.4 grain of water. 



2. When electrical fliookt; arc paded through this gas, tlic 

 watery portion is decompcfcd. The hydrogen of the water, 

 uniting with the electric matter, conditutes hydrogenous gas, 

 and vhe oxvgen unites with the muriatic acid; which lad, 

 aciintr oii the mercury, compofes muriat of mercury. 



■3. The ele<5trlc fluid fervcs as an intermedium in com- 

 biuiil"' bxygen with muriatic acid. 



4. The teallv acid portion of muriatic gas does not fuftain' 

 any decompolition by the action of electricity. 



5. \V'hi.'n electric (lio.'k.-i are paded through a mixture of 

 carboniited hydrogen and muriatic acid gales, the water held 

 in folution by thefe gafcs is decompofed by the carbon ot thd 

 compound iiiilanmiabie gas ; and carbonic acid and hydro- 

 genous ga'cs are tlie ri'lult. 



«i. When. 



