l86 STASIAN FOLLY AND FRAUD. 



a. Synthesis of Silver Nitrate. 



In the synthesis of silver nitrate, the analytical ratios of 

 experiment, are given on pages 62 and 63 of the Smithsonian 

 Constants of Nature of 1897. See also my True Atomic 

 Weights, 1894; pp. 76-77. 



We have not room to reprint them, but give the resulting 

 atomic weights under the heading of the chemist and in 

 exactly the same order as in the work referred to; hence 

 absolute identification is secured, and easy reference estab- 

 lished. 



As to the calculation made, according to common prac- 

 tice, the following words will suffice: 



The analytical ratio a of each determination just referred 

 to, expresses the quotient Ag Os N divided by Ag, where O 

 has the value above stated and where 

 Ag== 107.108 



(1 c., p. 70) with a probable error of 0.003 only. Accord- 

 ingly, the numerical value of Ag Os is 154.745. 



Since, now, the ratio a multiplied by Ag equals Ag Os N, 

 it follows that N is obtained by the following process: 



Multiply the numerical observed value of #, by the given 

 numerical value of Ag, substract, from this product, the 

 above numerical value of Ag Os and the remainder will be 

 the numerical value of N due to the determination made. 



Atomic Weight of Nitrogen from Syntheses of Silver Nitrate. 

 For O = 15.879 and Ag 107.108. 



