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and dried by exposure to tlie air : tiie rapid carbonization com- 

 menced at a high temperature, and the slow at a low one; the quan- 

 tity of ashes was determined by incinerating the charcoal. 



Rapid. 

 Chartoiil 



Young oak 1639 



Old oak 15-SO 



"Vouns^ beech l4-*.'30 



Old beech 13-75 



Young hornbeam 12-80 



Old hornbeam 13-30 



Young alder 14-10 



Old alder 14-90 



Young birch 1280 



Old birch 11-90 



Young pine 14-10 



Old pine 13-90 



Young Norwegian pine . . 16-00 



Old Norwegian pine .... 15-10 



Young Scotch fir 1540 



Old fir 13-60 



Lime 12-90 



Rye-straw 13-10 



Fern 14-25 



Reed 12-95 



Jameson's Journal. 



WATER OF THE DEAD SEA. 



Mons. C. G. Gmelin gives the following as the results of his 

 analysis of this water : 



Chloride of calcium 3*2141 



magnesium 11 -7734 



Bromide of magnesium 0*4393 



Chloride of sodium 7-0777 



potassium 1-6738 



aluminum 0-0896 



manganese 0-21 17 



Muriate of ammonia 0-007.'> 



Sulphate of lime , . 0-0527 



24-5398 

 Water 75-4602 



100-0000 



Annates de Chimie ct de Pltysiquc. 



NEW ACID IN STAVESACRE. 



M. Hofschlaeger of Bremen has discovered in the seeds of 

 Stavesacre a new acid. It is white, crystalline, volatile at a low 

 temperature; and a small quantity of it excites violent vomiting. — 

 Journal de Pliarmacie, July 1827. 



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