ON THE COMPOSITION OF GASES EVOLVED BY KING S BATH. 



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2. 



Gas taken 



After 15 minutes' contact with potash . . 



After 15 minutes' more contact 



After explosion with oxyhydrogen gas . . 



After addition of hydrogen 



After explosion with oxyhydrogen gas . . 



3. 



Portion of gas free from carhonic acid 

 taken 



After explosion with oxyhydrogen gas . 



Same gas, after exploding again with 

 oxyhydrogen gas 



ook'EI Diff. 8-636=3-511 per 



00 „ n _„ I cent, ol carbonic acid. 

 26 1 -Uob J 



240-917 Anincreaseofl-63percent. 



279-524 ] Showing -1 per cent, of 



27S-SU7 J oxygen. 



268-282 1 Being an increase of -83 



270-509 J P erceut 



274..R08 1 -Being a s tiU further in- 

 crease of 1-52 percent. 



Bottle No. 4. 

 Fixed at 2 p.m. 



Marked at 5.45 p.m. ; Therm. 65°-8 F. ; Barom. 30-05 inches. Contents to 

 marks 1S70 cut), centims. 



= 1760 cub. centims. at 0° Cent, and 760 millims. in 40 seconds. 

 880 



= 2640 cub. centims. per minute. 



Gas taken 



After 10 minutes' contact with potash . . 



After 10 minutes' more contact 



Measured next morning 



After 1 hour's contact with potassic 



pyrogallate 



After another hour's contact 



242-999 "I 

 235-837 I 

 235-837 J 

 236-04 



235-024 

 235-024 



Diff. 7-102 = 2-948 per 

 cent, of carbonic acid. 



Difference or absorption 

 1-016, or -42 per cent. 



^,-t y i'uiu, or 

 24 J of oxygen. 



After addition of air 



After explosion with oxyhydrogen gas . 



295-055 



293-891 



After ten minutes' contact with potash. . 292-879 



No alteration on longer contact. 



Being a contraction of 

 1-164 on the gas taken, 

 or of -48 per cent. 



Showing the formation of 

 •42 per cent, of carbonic 

 acid, calculated on the 

 gas taken. 



Gas taken 



After contact with potash . 

 After longer contact 



After contact with potassic pyrogallate 



After longer contact 



After addition of air 



After explosion with oxyhydrogen gas . 



After absorption of carbonic acid . 

 After longer contact with potash . 



175-9 



170-524 



] 70-524 



169-6 



169-6 



245-082 



244-168 



243-457 

 243-457 



Difference 5-376 = 3-056 

 per cent, of carbonic 

 acid. 



Absorption -924 = -525 

 per cent, of oxygen. 



Contraction -914, or -52 

 per cent, on the gasused. 



Showing the formation of 

 •4 per cent, of carbonic 

 acid, calculated on the 

 gas taken. 



