210 
EXPERIMENTS CARRIED OUT IN BEAKERS, LOOSELY COVERED WITH 
POROUS PAPER, 500 cbc. LIQUID IN EACH. 
Water 
Potassium Carbonate 
Do. Nitrate..- 
Ammonium do 
Do. Sulphate 
Calcium Chloride 
Water 
Potassium Carbonate 
Do. Nitrate . . 
Ammonium do. 
Do. Sulphate.. 
Calcium Chloride 
Water 
Potassium Carbonate 
Do. Nitrate.... 
Ammonium do 
Do. Sulphate.. 
Calcium Chloride .... 
— 
25 
0-20 
55 
55 
}> 
55 
a 
5 5 
55 
55 
53 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
> 5 
55 
15 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
5 » 
55 
55 
55 
55 
As purchased 
Rolled out till thinner 
Rolled out till much 
thinner 
Sample I^o. 
a 
EXPERIMENTS 
Water 
Potassium Carbonate 
Do. Nitrate 
Ammonium do 
Do. Sulphate., 
Calcium Chloride .... 
Water 
Potassium Carbonate 
Do. Nitrate .. 
Ammonium do. 
Do. Sulphate.. 
Calcium Chloride 
Water 
Potassium Carbonate 
Do. Nitate . . . . 
Ammonium do 
Do. Sulphate 
Calcium Chloride . . . . 
— 
25 
0-20 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
5 » 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
>> 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
IN EACH. 
As purchased 
Rolled out tiU thinner 
Rolled out 
thinner . 
till much 
! 1-0 
0-2 , 
trace 
trace 
0-3 
trace 
1-2 
0-5 
1-0 
0-8 
10 
0-8 
0-8 
0-4 
trace 
trace 
trace 
trace 
1-0 
1-0 
1-0 
0-6 
0-3 
0-3 
0-4 
trace 
none 
none 
0-3 
trace 
1-2 
0-4 
1-0 
0-8 
0*3 
0-3 
30 cbc. LIQUI 
0-5 
0-4 
trace 
none 
0-3 
0-3 
11 
0-5 
0-4 
0-2 
il 0-5 
0-3 
" 0-3 
0'5 
trace 
trace 
1-6 
20-0 
0-6 
10 0 
0-3 
0-3 
1 trace 
0*3 
0-3 
0-3 
trace 
trace 
. 1-0 
0-5 
: 1-5 
12-0 
: 0-3 
0-3 
0*3 
0-3 
trace 
none 
trace 
trace 
0-5 
0- 7 
trace 
none 
trace 
0-8 
1*0 
1 - 0 
trace 
none 
trace 
trace 
1-0 
2-0 
0-4 
none 
0-3 
0-4 
0-2 
0-2 
0-4 
trace 
30-0 
18-0 
03 
0-3 
0‘3 
trace 
0-4 
25-0 
0‘3 
0'3 
EXPERIMENTS CARRIED OUT IN BEAKERS. 
Wa.tfiv 
25 
As nnrehased 
0-2 
trace 
trace 
Pnta.ssinm Carbonate 
0-20 
trace 
Do. Nitrate 
0-4 
” 
Ammonimn do. 
55 
5 ) 
0-8 
Do. Sulphate 
5 5 
55 
55 
55 
57 
trace 
55 
55 
Calninm Chloride 
trace 
Water 
55 
Rolled out till thinner . . 
1 0-2 
55 
55 
Potassium Carbonate 
55 
55 • • 
' trace 
55 
55 
Do. Nitrate 
0-4 
55 
55 
Ammonium do 
0-8 
55 
55 
Do. Sulphate 
55 
>5 
55 
5 5 • • 
trace 
» 
55 
Calcium Chloride 
trace 
55 
55 
Water 
Rolled out 
till much 
1 
thinner . 
i 0-2 
55 
15 
Potassium Carbonate 
55 
t) 
5 5 55 
trace 
55 
55 
Do. Nitrate 
55 55 
1 0-3 
55 
55 
Ammonium do 
55 5 5 
i 0-6 
55 
55 
Do. Sulphate 
55 
55 
55 
55 55 
1 0-2 
55 
55 
Calcium Chloride 
55 
55 
55 
55 55 
i 0-2 
55 
55 
The general result which I deduce from these experi- 
ments is that rolling has no material influence upon the 
solvent action of water and of dilute solutions of Potassium 
Carbonate, of Ammonium Sulphate, and of Calcium Chloride 
