264 Scientific Intelligence. 
The nomadic tribes of Asia retain still their relish for horsefleshi al- 
though they have an abundance of cattle and sheep. 
Among the people of Europe, who have anew taken up the use of 
horseflesh, the Danes were the first. During the siege at Copenhagen 
in 1807, it was authorized by the government, and since then it has con- 
tinued to be eaten. In the Capital of Denmark, there is a butcher's 
froy St. Hilaire concludes that horses may be used as wholesome, eco- 
nomical and nutritious fo 
‘whatever concerns the imponderable fluids. The questions of practi- 
tice to M. Ohm in giving to him the priority in the discovery of the 
law of currents—a discovery which M. Pouillet had succeeded for some 
f. 
vl in taking to himself. 
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SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
I. Cuemistry anp Puaysics. 
fiant gas and 900 gr. of sulphuric acid yielded in this way 52 gr of 
alcohol, corresponding to 45 gr. of absolute alcohol. The process: 
appears to depend on the formation of sulphovinic acid and its su 
ed betw: eer 
of the salts of the acid having the constitution CeH7O, HO, 2503 ac — : 
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