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prussiates, 243 ; sulphuric acid and sulphates, 163 ; 

 sulphate of potash, 18 ; sulphurous acid and sulphites, 

 164 ; sulphuretted hydrogen, 171 ; sulphurets or 

 sulphides, 172 

 All quotations are from the contemporary English translation 



LIEBIG, JUSTUS VON, ., 1805, Darmstadt ; d., 1873, Munich. 

 Professor of Chemistry at Giessen and Munich 



1825 ? Fails to recognise bromine as an element, 242 



1831. "A new Apparatus for the Analysis of Organic Bodies." 



Combustion with copper oxide, 394, 395 ; potash bulbs, 

 150 



1832. "On the Radical of Benzoic Acid" by Liebig and 



Wohler, 399. Benzoyl chloride, 407 



1834. " Constitution of Ether." The ethyl radical, 402 



1835. "Products of the Oxidation of Alcohol." Preparation 



of aldehyde, 412 

 1837. Unites with Dumas, 405 

 1839. u Constitution of Ether and its Compounds." Radicals 



NH 2 , NH 3 , NH 4 ; C 2 H 3 , C 2 H 4 , C 2 H 6 , 405 



LULLY, RAYMOND, b., 1235, Majorca; d, 1315, Tunis. Puri- 



fication of alcohol, 387 ; preparation of ether, 387 

 MACQUER, PIERRE JOSEPH, b. 1718 ; d. 1784, Paris 



1776. Water products by burning inflammable air, no 

 MALAGUTI, FAUSTINO JOVITA (1802-1878) 



1837. Chlorinated ether, 410, 411, 412 

 MARGRAAF, ANDREAS SIGISMUND, b. 1709 ; d. 1782, Berlin 

 1748. Calcination of chalk, 49 

 1750. Gypsum from oil of vitriol and chalk, 16 

 MARIGNAC, JEAN CHARLES, b. 1817, d. 1894, Geneva 



1860. Suggests small variations in composition of com- 



pounds, 302 ; supports Prout's hypothesis, 485 . 

 MAYOW, JOHN, b. 1645, Cornwall ; d. 1679, London. Doctor 

 of Medicine 



1674. Medico-physical Works (A.C.R., XVII.). Action of 

 oil of vitriol on nitre, 22 ; nitre prepared artificially, 

 19 ; damp gunpowder burned underwater, 32 ; nitro- 

 aerial spirit, 32 ; volume of air diminished by com- 

 bustion and respiration, 34 ; its elasticity not 

 impaired, 322 ; artificial gases collected over water, 

 65 ; their elastricity equal to that of air, 322 ; volatile 

 alkali displaced by fixed alkali, 56, 58 ; volatile acid 

 displaced by fixed acid, 22, 58, 498 ; salts still contain 



