Meissner’s seas upon EHlectrized Oxygen. 217 
aco chlorid or ‘hing ehBeE anhydrid, the cloud disappears 
because of the removal of the water; but it reappears again, 
I. 
the absorbent employed; as iodine and traces of iodie acid 
from otassium iodid, ammonia, hydrosulphuric gas, and 
probably, also, traces of ammonium nitrate. But all de-ozoniz- 
ing substances do not yield such ae and even these may 
be removed without affecting the m 
gain, may not the mist be ‘ited used either by the action of 
the oxygen unaffected by the electricity, or by the action of 
the ozone which thus results? Oxygen itself, under no known 
conditions, exhibits this property ; aa as to ozone, the above 
experim ments show that it may be completely removed by vari- 
ous absorbing solutions without interfering with the pheno- 
eno 
pound of ozone and water, the de- sitet oxygen, va care- 
ful drying, would yield water when subjected to a high tempera- 
ture; Meissner however, has failed entirely to detect ay mois- 
ture under these circumstances. Final , the only known 
compound of water and oxygen, ASS ae peroxyd, forms no 
such mist. If eieretans neither the ozone itself, nor any com- 
ascri es 
Assuming now the existence of antozone, Meissner proceeds 
to study more minutely the action of absorbing agents, with 
ecial reference to this substance. He divides them into two 
classes, one of which removes ozone alone from the solution, the 
other absorbs both modifications. The fi rst substance examined 
is p ie acid itself, by which he 2 ozone is completely 
removed, the solution becoming beautiful hyacinth-red in 
color; but, unlike the action of the alkaline -Pytogallates, the 
free acid removes also the antozone, so that not a trace of mi 
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