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SECOND REPORT - 1832 . 
Etherine 
4 C + 4 H* = E = oleum vim dulce. 
Ether .. 
Alcohol ..... 
Muriatic ether . . 
Nitric ether . . . 
Acetic ether . . . 
Pyr o-acetic spirit 
Benzoic ether . . 
Etherine oxide . . 
Dobereiner’s oxygen 
ether acetal 
}- 
Pyroligneous spirit . 
Sulphovinic acid . . . 
Oil of wine,—the"! 
sulphate of ether f- 
of Serullas . 
Platinum ether 
E + H 
E+2H 
E + (C1 + H) 
E + N + H 
E + A + H 
2E+A+H 
E + Bz + H 
E+0 = E. A hypothetical compound. 
2E + H 
E + H 
(E + S) + (S + H) 
® 9 • 
=2E+2S+H 
0 9 9 
Platinum oxide ether = 
E + 2 Pt f This composition is hypothetic 
. < cal, as the compounds have 
E + 2 Pt L not been rigorously analysed. 
Chloride of platinum^ _ p 
Chloral .—When chlorine gas is passed over alcohol till it 
ceases to act upon it,—the liquid being occasionally heated to 
120° or 130° F. to drive off the muriatic acid and muriatic aether 
which are formed,—a liquid of a sirupy consistence is obtained, 
which after some time crystallizes into a solid white mass. From 
this mass concentrated sulphuric acid takes water, and liberates 
a colourless oily liquid which boils at 202° F., distilling over 
unchanged, and has a specific gravity of P502. This substance 
Liebig, to whom we owe the discovery, has named chloral. It 
is composed of 9 carbon = 18 # 09, 6 chlorine = 70*24, and 4 oxy¬ 
gen = 11*659, by experiment. The crystals contain two atoms 
of water =9 C + 6C1 + 40 + 2H. 
New chloride of carbon .—When chloral is treated with 
caustic potash it is decomposed, and an oily body separated, 
which is anew chloride of carbon, consisting, according to Liebig, 
* According to Macabre Prinsep, this is the composition of the variety of 
mountain tallow found at St, Gall, and called by Stromeyer Sehercrite . 
