INFLAMMABLE GA3, 



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Measures 

 of Inflam- 

 mable Gas. 



Measures 

 of Common 

 Air. 



Residue af- 

 ter Com- 

 bustion, 



DitlOjWhenJNitrous Gas 

 washed injadded to 

 Lime water Residue. 



Experiments 

 and observa- 

 Bulk of tions on the in- 

 Mixtiue flammable jas 

 from pe*u 



1 



30 



30 



No Combustion. 







2 



21 



42 



54 



51 



12 



(50 



3 



30 



90 



92.5 



84 







4 



12 



60 



61 



59 



17 



55 



But before we can form any estimate of the result of these 

 experiments, it will be necessary to separate the pure inflan*- 

 niable gas and oxygen from the azote, and hkewise to note the 

 composition of the residual gas, as indicated by the trials. 

 This is done in the following table. 





So 

 ll 



So 



6.8 



II 



"3 



Pi 



1 



Residue depri- 

 ved of Carbonic 

 acid. 



Compos, of Residue 







d 

 o 



N 



< 



1% 



1 



26.4 



26.8 



60 



No Combustion. 









2 



18.6 



9.32 



35.18 



63 



54 



3 



51 



1,10 



35.18 



14.72 



3 



26.4 

 10.6 



19.4 

 12.8 



74.2 



120 92.5 



8.5 



84 



6.00 



74.2 



3.3 



4 



48.60 



1 72 I 61 



2 



59 



7.72 



48.6 



2.68 



From this table we obtain the following. 





Inflamma- 

 ble Gas 

 consumed. 



Oxygea 

 consumed. 



• 



Diminulior 

 of bulk af- 

 ter carbo- 

 nic acid is 

 removed. 



Carbonic 

 -icid forms. 





2 



3.78 



8.22 



12 



3 





3 



22.6 



13.4 



i6 



S.5 





4 



7.92 



5.08 



13 



2 







11.43 



8.9 



20.33 



4.5 



Average. 





100 



77.86 



177.86 



39.37 



Ditto per Cent. 



