286 



APPENDIX. 



Strecfcer.* 



Strecker.* 



From potatoes. 



From arrow-root. From yams, a 



Berzelius. 



Carbon 44-250 

 Hydrogen 6-674 

 Oxygen 49-076 



Gay Lussac & Thenard. Prout. Ortigosa. 



43-55 44-40 44-2 



6-77 6-18 6-5 



49-68 49-42 49-3 



a The starch employed for the analyses, made by Strecker and Or- 

 tigosa, was prepared from the chemical laboratory at Giessen, from the 

 respective seeds, bulbs, and fruits. 



NOTE XII. P. 69. 



COMPOSITION OF GRAPE SUGAR (STARCH SUGAR). 



Carbon 



Hydrogen 



Oxygen 



From grapes. a From starch.6 

 De Saussure. 



36-71 



6-78 



56-51 



37-29 



6-84 



55-87 



From honey, c 

 Prout. 



36-36 



7-09 



5655 



a Ann/de Chimie, XI., 381. 

 b Ann. of Philosophy, VI., 426. 

 c Philosoph. Trans. 1827, 373. 



Calculated 

 Ci 2 H 14 14 . 



36-80 



7-01 



56-19 



