4GS 
SIE B. C. BEODIE ON THE ACTION OE ELECTEICITY ON GASES. 
Experiments with strongly alkaline Hyposulphite of Soda. 
Temperature of 
experiment. 
I. 
Strength of the 
solution. 
II. 
T. 
III. 
V. 
V. 
V— V,. 
VI. 
V— V,. 
T 
o°c. 
grm. 
3-47 
87-16 
83*85 
3*31 
0-95 
0° 
•89 
10-98 
273*00 
264-84 
8*16 
0*74 
0° 
10-98 
272-84 
262-34 
10*50 
0-96 
0° 
10-98 
272-09 
262*89 
9-20 
0-84 
0° 
•94 
12-95 
273-73 
262-39 
11*34 
0*87 
0° 
12*95 
273*42 
261*74 
11*68 
0*90 
0° 
2-45 
7-53 
273*76 
264*69 
9-07 
1-2Q 
15° 
13-48 
274*85 
258*35 
16*50 
1*22 
15° 
13*48 
274-57 
257-95 
16*62 
1*23 
15° 
9T8 
273*99 
265*11 
8*88 
0*96 
0° 
7-53 
270-94 
262*43 
8*51 
1*13 
0° 
7-53 
273-86 
265*32 
8*54 
1*13 
0° 
9*79 
275*71 
266-12 
9-59 
0-98 
0° 
979 
275-25 
265*36 
9-89 
1*01 
0° 
9-79 
274*94 
265-60 
9-64 
0*95 
0° 
9-23 
277*74 
268-43 
9-31 
1*01 
0° 
9-23 
277-25 
265*22 
12*03 
1*33 
1 4° 
10*52 
276*30 
265*56 
10-74 
1*02 
14° 
8-37 
270*48 
261-17 
9-31 
1*11 
16° 
5-82 
271-71 
264*97 
6-74 
1*16 
\r 
9-44 
275-93 
264-97 
10-96 
1*16 
18° 
5*47 
271*31 
267-15 
4*16 
0*76 
Mean... 1*03 
The conditions under which the experiments here given were made were greatly 
varied. They differ widely in the “ titre ” of the gas employed in the experiment, in 
the temperature at which the experiment was made, in the strength of the solution of 
hyposulphite through which the gas was passed, and in the amount of carbonate of soda 
present in that solution ; but it is impossible to infer from these experiments that the 
ratio — varies in any definite and regular manner with any one of these circum- 
stances ; and I have in this case also calculated, by the method of least squares, the pro- 
bable error of the result. 
y y 
In column I. of the following Table the values are given of the ratio — — -A In 
column II. the differences are given of the several values from the mean value of that 
ratio. In column III. the squares of these differences are given. 
