1818.] 



their Combinations with Alkalies. 



267 



With respect to the solubility of these different bodies in 

 alcohol, 100 parts of boiling alcohol, of the specific gravity of 

 0-7952, dissolved J 



Of human stearine 21-50 parts. 



Of the stearine of the sheep 16*07 



Of the stearine of the ox 15*48 



Of the stearine of the hog 18*25 



Of the stearine of the goose 36*00 



Saponification by potash. 



The human ("Saponified fat. 94*9 



stearine pro- I 



ducedbysa-**» 



ponification. I c , . , 



r ^soluble matter 



5*1 



Stearine of 

 the sheep. ■ 



Saponified fat. 94*6 < 



.Soluble matter. 5*4 < 



become 

 , and the 



Stearine of 

 the ox. 



Saponified fat. 95*1 



.Soluble matter. 4*9 



" It was fusible at 123*5° ; 

 I it crystallized in small 

 J needles joined in the form 



,_of a funnel. 



r The syrup of the sweet 

 1 principle weighed 8* 6; the 

 L acetate 0*3.* 



f It began to 



j opaque at 129°, 

 thermometer became sta- 

 tionary at 127*5°; itcrys- 



j tallized in small fine ra- 



l_diated needles. 



The syrup of the sweet 

 principle weighed 8, the 

 acetate 0* 6 ; it had a rancid 

 odour. 



It-began to become solid 

 at 129 , but it was not 

 perfectly so until 125*5 ; 

 it crystallized in small 

 needles united into flat- 

 tened globules. 



{The syrup of the sweet 

 principle weighed 9*8, the 

 acetate, 0*3. 



f It began to grow solid 

 at 129°, and the thermo- 



Stearine of 

 the hog. 



fSaponified fat. 94*65 < meter became stationary 

 r } at 125*5° ; it crystallized 



in small needles united 

 Unto flattened globules. 



{The syrup of the sweet 

 principle weighed 9, the 

 acetate 0*4. 



» This means the salt which we obtain after having neutralized by barytes the 

 product of the distillation of the aqueous fluid which was procured from the soap 

 that had been decomposed by tartaric acid. 



i Soluble matter. 



