240 A. LIVERSIDGE. 
examination. The residue from the hydrochloric acid 
solution was also extracted with specially purified benzene, 
this extract also yielded a small quantity of similar resin- 
ous looking combustible matter. 
In another experiment, the residue insoluble in sulphuric 
acid from 100 gms. of the planings (from slice No. 7) was 
extracted with pure benzene and yielded ‘0129 gm. ofa thick 
yellow oil, which when heated on platinum foil burnt with 
a smoky flame. No nitrogenous odour was perceptible on 
igniting the resinous residue, hence it is apparently not a 
nitrogen compound. 
It is assumed by some, even recent writers, that the 
presence of combustible matter in meteorites proves that 
they have not been subjected to a high temperature, but 
this does not necessarily follow, it merely proves that 
the interior has not been exposed at a high temperature to 
the action of oxygen; the presence of carbon in cast iron 
and steel and of bituminous matter in igneous lavas etce., 
refutes this idea. 
The composition was found to be :— 
Tron... oe aw ose ... 88°605 
Nickel ae om ae wea, OS 
Cobalt aS a ae Me "474 
Copper ak ce he at "009 
Phosphorus Biss mee ae °429 | 
Sulphur ... on Ay) ww. traces 
Resinous matter ... fee oh "008 
Insoluble in HCl. ... se des °720 
Total, piece aa ... 99°986 
The amount of phosphorus is high, and it indicates the 
presence of more schreibersite than usual. If schreibersite 
be taken as (FeNi).P the °429% of P would represent 3°61% 
of schreibersite. Some of the very bright crystals seen in 
