PROCEEDINGS 



THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



January 10, 1856. 

 ADMIRAL BEECHEY, V.P., in the Chair. 



In consequence of there not being a sufficient number of Fellows 

 present, the Ballot for the question of the readmission of Mr. Sievier 

 was postponed to the next Meeting. 



The following communications Were read : 



I. " On Insolinic Acid." By AUGUSTUS W. HOFMANN, Ph.D., 

 F.R.S. &c. Received December 20, 1855. 



(Abstract.) 



In attempting to purify cuminic acid by boiling with chromic 

 acid, I observed that this acid experienced, on the part of this 

 reagent, a progressive alteration. By twenty-four hours' ebullition, 

 cuminic acid is completely converted into an acid insoluble in alcohol 



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