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Al « l IHOLS 



colorless liquid, with a faint aromatic odor; boils at 



2o6°; it- sp. s^r. at o° is 1.062. It dissolves with 



difficulty in water, but readily in alcohol and ether. 



A. deodoratum, deodorized alcohol, containing 



per cent by weight of ethyl-alcohol and 7.5 per cent. 



of water. A., Dilute, com] 41 per cenl 



weight of ethyl-alcohol. A., Ethyl. See 



A. of Fermentation, has a disagreeable odor; 



at 1 . 1 curs in fusel-oil; consists mainly of in- 



tive isobutyl carbinol. A.. Methyl, CH 4 0, known 



as " Wood Spirit." A., Phenic. S< 

 Alcoholate | \ial>., al, the; kohol, a 



stain, or finel} powdered]. I. A chemical compound, 

 it, into which an alcohol enters as a definite 



constituent 2. A preparation made with alcohol. 

 Alcoholature (al-ko-hol 1 -at-chUr) [Fr. alcoolature\ 



An ic tincture, especially one prepared with 



1 plants. 

 Alcoholic I Vrab., .-.', the; kohol, a stain, 



or finel} powdered]. I. Pertaining to, containing, or 

 dcohol. -. One addicted to the use of 



spirituous drinks. A. Radicals, the name applied to 



the univalent radicals, CnHsn-f 1. 

 Alcoholica (al-ko-hol' -ik-aK) [Arab. , al, the ; kohol, a 



stain]. In pharmacy, alcoholic preparations. 

 Alcoholimeter (al-ko-hol-im'-el-er). See Alcoholo- 



ter. 

 Alcoholimetry (al-ko-hol-im' -et-re). See AJcoholome- 



Alcoholism [al' ' -ko-hol-izm) [Aral)., al, the; kohol, & 

 stain, or finely powdered]. The morbid results of 

 r prolonged use of alcoholic liquors. The 

 term acute A. has been used as a synonym for ine- 

 briety. The chronic form i- associated with severe 

 lesions or disturbances of the digestive, respiratory, 

 and nervous >v-tems. 



Alcoholismus (al-ko-hol-iz'-mus). Syn.of Alcoholism. 



Alcoholization (al-ko-hol-iz-a'-shun) [Arab., al, the; 

 kohol, a stain, or finely powdered]. The art or pro- 

 cess of alcoholizing; the state of being alcoholized; 

 the product of the process of alcoholizing. 



Alcoholize (al'-ko-hol-lz) [Arab., al, the; kohol, a 

 stain, or finely powdered]. 1. To impregnate with 

 or blend with alcohol. 2. To convert into an alco- 

 hol. 3. To reduce to a very subtle powder. 



Alcoholometer l-om'-et-er) [alcohol; fiirpov, 



a measure]. A hydrometer or other instrument used 

 in determining the percentage of alcohol in any liquid. 



Alcoholometry (al-ko-hol-om' -et-re\ [alcohol; uirpov, 

 a measure]. The determination of the proportion of 

 sent in any liquid. 



Alcoholophilia (al-ko-hol-o-fil' -e-aK) [alcohol; o/> 

 to love]. The appetite for strong drink; a craving 

 for intoxicants. 



Alcohols (al' '-ko-holz) [Arab., al, the; kohol, a. stain, 

 or finely powdered]. A series of neutral compounds 

 resembling bases exhibiting gradation-, corresponding 

 to their increasi in molecular weight. They are de- 

 rived from the normal hydrocarbons by replacing hy- 

 drogen with the group OH. The lower alcohols are 

 mobile liquid-, readily dissolving in water and | 



sing the characteristic alcohol odor; the intermedi- 

 ate mem more oily, and dissolve with difficulty 

 in water; while the higher are crystalline solids with 

 out odor or taste. The alcohol- resemble the I 

 'Ih'ir boiling-points incn radually (with similar 

 structure) in proportion to the increase of their mo 

 lecular weights A., Diatomic, tl 

 formed by replacing two atom- of hydrogen in a 

 hydrocarbon by two m oi hydroxy!. A., 

 Dibasic. See / . Diatomic. A., Dihydric. 

 Glycols, and Table of Alcohols. A., Divalent. See 



Glycols. A., Hexahydric, alcohol.- containing six 

 hydroxy) groups attached to six different carbon atoms. 

 The) approach the sugars very closel) in their propi 1 

 ties, having a very sweet taste, but diffei from them in 



TABLE OF THE ALCOHOLS. 

 1. Ol l Hi- FATTY COMPOUNDS. 



Si RIES 1 — Al • OH( . I bHJO l.t >H. 



Tridecatyl, 



1 ',1 |._..t 1 



ChHjoO 



Tetradecatyl, . 

 Pentadecatyl, . 

 Hexadecyl (Cetyl), C )0 H M O 



C15H ' 1 



Heptadecyl, 



Octodecyl, 



Ceryl (Cerotin), 



C 17 H»0 



I 1 111! 



I I I I I 



Mellissyl, C.-„,l !,,.< > 



Solid. 



Solid. 



Solid. 



Solid. 



Solid. 



Solid. 



Solid. 



Solid. 



190-192* 



43-5 c 



167° 



>9 C 



210° 



0.830 at 16 



Series 2. — Unsaturated Alcohols, CuH^n— 1 

 Vinyl C2H4O 



AIM, 



Crotyl, 



C 3 H r .O 



<',H-<> 



OH 



0.8540 at 20° 



Seriks 3.— Unsaturated Alcohols, CnHin— s.OH. Acety- 

 lene Series. 



Propargyl | C 3 H 4 Liquid. 1 14-115 0.97153.120° 



The only known alcohol 0/ this set 



2. OF THE AROMATIC OR BENZENE SERIES. 

 Series i —Primary Alcohols. 



