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to the difficulty of completely purifying this alcohol. Even when 
prepared by he dec compos sition of methy praasbe there still 
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it in quantity sufficient to proms, complete decoloration and 
leave an alkaline reaction. Submitted to careful distillation 
methyl alcohol is obtained which when rectified over caustic lime 
has a specific gravity of 0°810 at 15° and which does not yield 
iodoform.—Ann. Chim. Phys., VI, iv, 430, March, 1885. G. F. B. 
after some time dark ened gto see from the wash waters 
« The authors baliore this body to have been prods ced 
by the action of she nitrosoresorcin upon resorcin itself according 
to the equation: 
Bie ‘O—C,H,OH 
HO>CHL-NO*G —C,H,OH eae 
Nitrosoreso “2 mol. ne Oo— 
esorcin. mo. esorcin. = H,0+H0>0,u.N<o_ Cron 
New coloring matter oe 
It is therefore pamoeae in constitution to the coloring matte “i 
obtained by Krimer from MS Y ej ophenol and nitrosoorcin, ¢ 
former being ne WH NOCH H, and the latter 
sal H,(CH, OH 
HO>C. H(CH)N<O- c “H cH OH 
The sagt a insoluble in sags was dissolved in alcohol and left ve 
evaporation a brown mass, soluble in alkalies with a dirty ie 
color. It cued to be i eons and was = ae further peg 
— Ber. Berl. Chem. Ges., xviii, 37 73, Feb., oe aa 
4. a ation of the Pendulum. to a ae aoe of a 
mean density of the earth—The observations of MasKYLENE vai 
Horron on the deflection of the plummet line in the neighbor 
