340 C. M. Wetherill on the crystallization of Sulphur. 
weap double that of (« S). If this assumption be correct we 
ve in sulphur an allotropism like the the polymerism of com- 
pound bodies. : 
From these considerations, the question of the crystal form of 
sulphur in the act of separation from any of its compounds be- 
comes one of great interest. 2 
of these instances, the subject of this article, has been 
presented accidentally to my notice. 
a a erinent Was instituted to ascertain whether the pres 
te the co 
ontained a quantity of 
ae of which some exceeded an inch in length. When spread upon 
| a ere ee they became opaque, and broke up y 
_ To ascertain whether the products of_ decomposition of se 
