74 Experiments on Bichlorure of Sulphur, Se. 
of perfect whiteness; these crystals are of aslightly bitter f 
and have no feature of acidity. 
With the essence of turpentine, the reaction is. extremely tue; es zi 
multuous, the vessel in which the operation was made, was sunk — 
in cold water, and yet the matter boiled up considerably ; the 
mass became very viscous, but it remained homogeneous. —Dis- 
tillation was performed ; a great quantity of chlorohydric vapors 
were thrown off by the draught tube; a pomegranate-red liquid 
condensed in the recipient ; this liquid exhaled a stinking smell, 
pretty similar to that from the products of the distillation of ani- 
mal matter. A very black-sediment remained at the bottom of 
the cucurbite. On applying nitric acid to this mass, no needle- 
formed crystals were obtained as with the naphtha; the wash- 
ings of the distilled liquid gave a very viscous reddish mass, 
which sank to the bottom, instead of. at homing yellowwieh 0 ven 
obtained with the naphtha. — 
Not having at my disposal aes means. ais eidiohiene rion aie: 
ceeding to organic analyses, I have been unable to ascertain the 
composition of the different products to which the reactions 
above described gave rise, a composition, the knowledge of which 
is.indispensable to a correct appreciation of these products..-dn 
publishing this memorandum, I have therefore had no other ob- 
ject in view but to point out a few facts relating to the action of 
bichlorure of sulphur on carbures of hydrogen, facts which have 
appeared to me worthy to engage the attention of chemists, and 
susceptible of being connected ‘wah one nnetinet and ht 
-underthe Jawsofacommon theory. ea te 
_» Deprived of the apparatus and reactives samubeas for this 
study, I have deemed it. my duty to give publicity to an entirely 
novel subject of study, which, in rv opinion, holds out a cer- 
tainty of important discoveries, and A hope and trust that some 
American chemist, placed in more. favorable, and 
especially one more. skillful, will, by. yee up this subject of 
inquiry, ere long enrich the science with eenatab: new and inter- 
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