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138 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
ether, but which was afterwards proved by Delffs to be identical with & 
argonic ether. In 1833 Pelouze became Assayer, and in 1846 Controller 
(Vérificateur) of the Mint. He w member of the Académie 
es Sciences in 1837. Of republican views, and much interested in poli- 
tics, he became prominent through the revolution of 1848. The provi- 
sional government elected him to a place which until then belonged to 
the nobility or to the chief dignitaries of the state, that of President to 
the Board of the Mint (Président de la Commission des Monnaies). Thi 
position he held until his death. came successively knight, officer, 
and commander of the Legion of Honor. His private laboratory for pupils 
in the Rue Dauphine closed when he opened a laboratory in the mint. — 
The number of papers published by Pelouze is very great. We can 
only mention here the most prominent of his researches. ) 
as first produced from carbon and nitrogen. Then it was that the 
a strong solution of hydrochloric acid attained its remarkable position 48 
the first instance of the synthesis of an organic body from its elements. 
At the time of the discovery its real importance could not be appreciated, 
Pelouze discovered lactic anhydrid and lactid. eic and pyrotartarie 
as well as pyrogallic acid, if not actually discovered were, at least, chiefly 
studied by him. ts of lactic acid were likewise examined 
Pelouze, and described in several papers, one of which he published com 
jointly with Gay-Lussac. 
nial head. Crace Calvert and the late 
Mr. Stoikowitch were assistants to Mr. Pelouze. During the last yea 
important researches on aniline colors were carried on in his laboratory bY 
‘ nd Chapoteaut.—The Laboratory, i, 182, June § 
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