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then, but now believed to be such,) they would, according to Prof, 
S computations, have agreed in pointing the telescope in the 
Wrong direction, and Neptune might have been unknown for years to 
come. Yours, respectfully, Sears C, WALKER. 
Washington, June 1, 1847. 
V. MisceLLaneous INTELLIGENCE. 
Carnivorous as of herbivorous animals. 
second ingredient, which I have found in all kinds of flesh, is a 
crystalline body, which was discovered in broth by Chevreul, eleven 
years ago, and described by him under the name Creatine. It was 
The composition of the body is such that creatine may be regarded 
as a compound of the body, Glycocoll—so accurately studied by Mr. 
Horsford—and ammonia.* 
Note from Prof. Horsford.—One atom of creatine equals two atoms of glycocoll 
monia. 
* 
and one atom of am 
H, ,N,0,=2(C,H,NO3)+NH3. |. 
It contains also the elements of urea, glycocoll and wood-spirit. 
L gH, 1N30, aH «No Oet ae th De tsanied the urea 
__Liebig, by boiling creatine a length of time wi aryta, 
(doubles sf Pio drm B acid and ammonia ;—C, H, N,O0,-+-2HO=2C0, +2NH3,) 
