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rise to a new aether, represented by 2 atoms of chlorine and I atom 

 of percarburetted (carburetted ?) hydrogen, or 



1 atom of carbon 14'39 



2 atoms of hydrogen 2'35 



2 atoms of chlorine 83*26 



10000 

 8thly. That chlorous acid and ammonia may combine without 

 decomposition, but the compound which they form undergo es spon- 

 taneous decomposition into water, chlorine and azote. 



9thly. That the oxide of chlorine obtained by Stadion's method 

 is composed of 1 volume of chlorine and 2 volumes of oxygen; the 

 same as that obtained by Davy. 



lOthly. That chlorous acid may form a constituent part of an 

 aether, which is singularly disposed to be converted into acetic 

 aether. • 



HYDROCHLORIDE OF CARBON CHLORIC jgETHER. 



M. Morin of Geneva, having lately published a memoir on this 

 substance, and given the following as the result of his analysis, 

 M. Dumas has again undertaken to examine it. .According to 

 M. Morin it consists of 



Carbon 38-4, which are nearly equivalent to 4 atoms. 



Hydrogen 48 3 atoms. 



Chlorine 568 1 atom. 



1000 

 M. Dumas remarks that these results differ most materially from 

 those obtained by other chemists. It had been shown by Messrs. 

 Robiquet and Colin that it consisted entirely of carbon, hydrogen 

 and chlorine: and a short time after, M. Gay Lussac determined the 

 density of its vapour, which he found to be exactly equal to the sum 

 of the densities of chlorine and bi-carburetted hydrogen ; and he as- 

 certained it to beacompoundof equal volumes of these gases. These 

 conclusions were confirmed by the direct analysis of M. Despretz ; 

 and .M. Dumas finds this to be its true composition, and that it con- 

 sists of 



Carbon 24'-6, which are nearly equal to 2 atoms. 



Hydrogen 4-' I 2 atoms. 



Chlorine 71-3 1 atom. 



100-0 Ann. de Ch. et de Phys. xlviii. 185. 



ON THE DECOMPOSITION OI" ALCOHOL BY CHLORINE. 



M. Liebig has been occupied with researches into the nature of 

 the action of clilorine upon alcohol, ajther, and pyro-acetic spirit. 

 The following are the results of his exjieriments : 



1st. When clilorine is passed into absolute alcohol, the latter is 

 changed entirely into a white crystalline mass; 



2ndly. This crystalline matter is a hydrate of a new combinadon 

 formed of chlorine, carbon and oxygen, and which M. Liebig has 

 provisionally termed cltloral. 



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