CAPTAIN NOBLE AND MR. E. A. ABEL ON FIRED GUNPOWDER- 
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Experiment 79.—344*738 gratis. Spanish, density =*7. 
From analysis of solids 
3 3 33 
33 33 
gas . 
mean 
Calculated solid 
products, 
grins. 
214*917 
213*875 
214*396 
Calculated gaseous 
products. 
grms. 
129*821 
130*863 
130*342 
Elements in— 
K. 
C. 
S. 
H. 
O. 
N. 
Remarks. 
Gaseous state .... 
24-953 
3-140 
•288 
64-032 
37-930 
Solid state. 
100-418 
6-545 
38-338 
•007 
68-758 
•330 
Total found .... 
100-418 
31-498 
41-478 
•295 
132-790 
38-260 
Originally in powder 
100-663 
29-820 
42-989 
1-551 
13L506 
36-461 
Difference. 
-■245 
+ 1-678 
-1-511 
-1-256 
+ 1-284 
+ 1-799 
Oxygen in hyposulphite, 4*106 grms. 
Experiment 196.—301*315 grms. Curtis and Harvey’s No. 6, density =*3. 
Calculated solid 
Calculated gaseou§ 
products. 
products. 
grms. 
grms. 
From 
analysis 
of solids . 
. . 168*827 
128*963 
33 
33 
gas . . 
. . 180*818 
116*972 
33 
33 
mean 
. . 174*823 
122*967 
Elements in— 
K. 
C. 
s. 
H. 
0 . 
N. 
Remarks. 
Gaseous state .... 
25-389 
2-337 
•725 
60-639 
33-877 
Solid state. 
90-017 
8-918 
24-324 
•013 
51-435 
•116 
Total found .... 
90-017 
34-307 
26-661 
•738 
112-074 
33-993 
Originally in powder 
86-929 
32-120 
31-427 
1-567 
113-687 
31-156 
Difference . 
+ 3-088 
+ 2-187 
-4-766 
-•829 
-1-613 
+ 2-837 
Oxygen in hyposulphite, 1*731 grms. 
