477 
vegetable and animal substances. 
Cotton fibres, unbleached, seem to consist of 
Carbon 
11 atoms 
. . 8.25 . 
. 42.85 
Hydrogen 
8 
. . 1.00 . 
• 5.30 
Oxygen 
10 
. . 10.00 
. 51.85 
19-25 
100,00 
:, by Lee's 
patent process, consists of 
Carbon 
7 atoms 
• • 5-25 • 
. 44-25 
Hydrogen 5 
. 0.625 . 
• 5.25 
Oxygen 
6 
. . 6.000 . 
. 50.50 
M 
bo 
Or 
100.00 
It contains more carbon, and is therefore probably stronger 
than common flax, prepared by a putrefactive maceration. 
This seems composed of 
Carbon 1 atom . . 0.75 . . 40.0 
Hydrogen 1 . . 0.125 . . 6.6 
Oxygen 1 . . . 1.000 . . 53.4 
1.875 100.0 
But this is the theoretical representation of sugar by M. 
Gay Lussac and Dr. Prout ; and, hence, these chemists 
would readily explain, how linen rags may pass into the form 
of sugar, by the action of sulphuric acid. 
Wool approximates to 
Carbon 10 atoms . . 7.5 . . 55.0 
Hydrogen 3 . . 0.375 . . 2.8 
Oxygen 4 . . 4.000 . . 29.4 
Azote . 1 — . . 1.750 . . 12.8 
13.625 
100.0 
