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be furnished by «>mv auxiliary reaction. These constituents 

 should therefore be in the nascent state, as it used to be called ; 

 tiny should come from preexisting combinations the reciprocal 

 actions of which, giving rise to new compounds, evolve more heat 



mini miiiiii « hi. ri.l. turnisl *■> tl . u< rg\ ibsorbed in tin fonna 



ii .. obtain will fuhninat bi Hi. sum delist y of charge.— 

 Bull. >Son. <■/>., II, xxxvii, :)ss. May, 1882. " <i. r. is. 



4. On Pernltr;,- <>;■;,!< .— When "especial precautions are not 

 taken to avoid the presence of nitrogen in the oxygen submitted 

 to the silent electric discharge, there is produced at the same time 

 witli the ozone, it compound of oxygen and nitrogen more highly 

 oxygenated than nitrogen pi ntoxide. which gives a characteristic 

 ub-oi-ption spectrum, ami ?.> which Haul efeuille ami ( 'happuis have 



fp^ctrum A ids it to^nsist o/eig 



thai bauds. Since ozone is also orcsent always, its bands are 

 superposed uimui the pernitric -..enrum. Ibu the intensity of the 



In a secmd paper Hat 



