SCHIEL—-GLYCERIN.  & 
for two days: during the first day, the glycerin was not heated 
above 100° C; the second, it was kept at a temperature of not 
above 140° C, 
The water collected in the receiver weap about one-fifth of the 
the re ntity of glycerin used, and possesse its odor and taste ; 
the remaining glycerin, which possessed a strong odor, the 
8 595 it was a thick, sha hily yellow SyTUDS | a aprons BF of 
Gen 
an fe ee 
ee ni 
Oxyge: 
neers 
5000! 
The composition of glycerin was found by Pelouze— 
ee ara rrr ee A 
PE PIVGTOPON coc cenee coceerss OO 
Onygei s,s ee eee. O21 
100. 
According to these rtumbers, the analyzed glycerin had the nor- 
mal composition, and if its strong odor belongs to a foreign sub- 
stance contained in it, the latter is net present in such a quantity 
as to perceptibly influence the result of the analysis 
The affinity of glycerin for oxygen seems to be very indifferent; ; 
a portion of half a gramme was exposed to the action of oxygen 
in the accompanying little apparatus for three weeks, and not. 
i hth of a cubic centimetre absorbed, although it was 
h ends, bl blown up into two bulbs and her 
bulbs. The shape of the 
