ON OLEFIANT GAS. 519 



From this table we easily deduce the following : 



I 



Measures of Gases 



MIXED. 



Carbonic acid 

 formed. 



0 Residue. 



——————— 



Composition of 

 Residue. 



Pure 

 olefiant. 



Pure 

 oxygen. 



Azote. 



Total. 



Azote". 



Oxygen. 



16.8 



53^4 



9.06 



79 



35 



9.06 



2 -9 



2 



16.8 

 16.8 



54-04 

 5 T -34 1 



9.16 

 8.86 



80 



"36* 



9 



9.16 



1.8 



3 



77 



34 I 



8 



8.8. j 



1.4 



This table obviously furnishes us with the fol- 

 lowing results : 





Olefiant gas 

 consumed. 



Oxygen gas 

 consumed. 



Carbonic a- 

 cid formed. 





I 



16.8 



50.24 



35 





2 



16.8 



52.24 



3' 5 





3 



16.8 



49-94 



34 







16.8 



5 c.8 



35 



Average. 





100 



302 



2C8 



Aver, per cent. 



; 



From these experiments, it is easy to deduce the 

 composition of olefiant gas : ico cubic inches of it, 

 at the temperature of 60 °, and when the barome- 

 ter stands at 30 inches, weigh 29.72 grains, 



k k 4 



