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of chlorine and carbon, &c. 
so in hot than in cold ether. The hot solution deposits crystals 
as it cools ; and the crystallization of a cold solution, when 
evaporated on a glass plate, is very beautiful. This solution 
is not precipitated by water, unless the ether has previously 
been dried, and then water occasions a turbidness. Nitrate 
of silver does not precipitate it. When burned, muriatic acid 
fumes are liberated, but the greater part of the chloride 
remains in the capsule. 
It is soluble in the volatile oils, and on evaporation is again 
obtained in crystals It is also readily soluble in fixed oils. 
The solutions when heated liberate muriatic acid gas, and the 
oil becomes of a dark colour, as if charred. 
Solutions of the acids and alkalies do not act with any 
energy on the substance. When boiled with solutions of 
pure potash and soda, it rises and condenses in the upper 
part of the vessel ; and though it be brought down to the 
alkali many times, and re-boiled, still the alkali, when ex- 
amined, is not found to contain any chlorine, nor is any 
change produced. Ammonia in solution is also without action 
upon it. These solutions do not appear to dissolve more of 
it than pure water. 
Muriatic acid in solution does not act at all upon it. Strong 
nitric acid boiled upon it dissolves a portion, but does not 
decompose it : as it cools, part of the chloride is deposited 
unaltered, and the concentrated acid, when diluted, lets more 
fall down. The diluted portion being filtered, and tested 
with nitrate of silver, gives no precipitate. It does not appear 
to be either soluble in, or acted upon, by concentrated sul- 
phuric acid. It sinks slowly in the acid, and, when heated, 
