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Professor Redwood said if the object was to get sweet spirit of nitre, he be¬ 
lieved the old London process w r as the best. 
Dr. Attfield thought it important that the composition of medicines should 
be clearly defined, and although a pure solution of nitrous ether may not be 
entitled to the name of sweet spirit of nitre so much as the old preparation, he 
thought at least that its effects should be fairly tried, and therefore that they 
should continue to seek an efficient means of producing it. The process of the 
British Pharmacopoeia for the production of nitrite of soda had certainly failed, 
but he thought it was still worth while to try whether some other means of 
reducing the nitrate could not be devised. It would be well to try carbon in 
different states and at different temperatures. He had found that wood char¬ 
coal would decompose nitrate of soda at a temperature below that at which de¬ 
flagration occurred. In operating on organic bodies it was found that particular 
oxidizing agents acted better in one case than another, so that each substance 
might be said to have a preference for a particular oxidizer, and it might be the 
same with deoxidizers. 
Mr. Roberts wished to express his obligation to Messrs. Fisher and Hasel- 
den, in whose establishment he lived, for the opportunities and assistance af¬ 
forded him in carrying out his experiments. 
The Chairman, at the conclusion of the meeting, drew attention to a “per¬ 
colator” which had been sent for exhibition by Mr. Thomas Kay, of Hillgate, 
Stockport. He said it appeared to be a simple, cheap, and efficient form of 
apparatus. 
DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED FOR THE BENEVOLENT 
FUND DURING 1864. 
Subscriptions. 
£ s. d. 
Abraham, John, Liverpool . 11 0 
Aitken, William, Edinburgh ... 0 5 0 
Allanson, Charles, Harrogate ... 0 5 0 
Allchin, Alfred, Richmond Road, 
Barnsbury . 0 10 6 
Appleton, Thomas Cass, 45, Cur- 
zon Street, May Fair. 0 10 6 
Argles, Robt., 338, Oxford Street 0 5 0 
Arnold, Edward, Norwich. 0 5 0 
Attwood and Hugill, Messrs., 61, 
Cannon Street . 1 1 0 
Bagshaw, Wm., Oldham . 1 1 0 
Baildon, Henry C., Edinburgh ... 110 
Ballard, Edwin, Farringdon. 0 10 6 
Balmer, John, 94, St. John’s 
Street Road . 1 1 0 
Barnard, John, 338, Oxford St. 0 10 6 
Barnes, Jas. B., 1, Trevor Terrace, 
Knightsbridge . 0 10. 6 
Barron, Fred., Bush Lane.11 11 0 
Ditto ditto (1864) . 1 1 0 
Bateson, Thomas, Kendal. 1 1 0 
Baynes, James, Hull. 0 5 0 
Benger, Fred. B., 338, Oxford St. 0 5 0 
Betts, John, Woodbridge. 0 2 6 
Bevan, Charles F., Harwich. 0 5 0 
Bird, William L., 42, Castle St. 0 10 6 
£ s. d. 
Bird, Augustus, Kensington. 1 1 0 
Bishop, Alfred, Mile End New 
Town . 2 2 0 
Bishop, Thomas, Woolwich. 0 10 6 
Blake, Sandford, and Blake, 47, 
Piccadilly . 110 
Bland, John H., Stourbridge. 0 10 6 
Blanshard, Raimes and Co., Edin¬ 
burgh . 1 1 0 
| Bolton, Thos., Tenterden . 0 5 0 
Bond, John, Yarmouth . 0 5 0 
Bond, Charles, Kidderminster ... 0 5 0 
; Bostock, Wm., Ashton-u.-Lyne 0 5 0 
Bottle, Alexander, Dover. 1 1 0 
Bourdas, Isaiah, 10, Pont Street 1 1 0 
Bowerbank, J. and F., Cocker- 
mouth. 110 
j Boyce, John P., Chertsey. 0 5 0 
Bradley, John, 21, Belgrave Rd. 0 10 6 
Brailey, Charles, Heavitree . 0 5 0 
Breton, Walter, Brighton. 0 10 6 
Brown, Edward, Leeds . 0 10 6 
Buck, Thos., Kingsland Green ... 0 10 6 
Buckle, C. F., Gray’s Inn Road... 0 5 0 
Butcher, Thomas, Cheltenham... 0 10 0 
Butler, Samuel, Bristol. 0 10 0 
Butt, Ed. N., 235, Oxford St. 0 10 6 
