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ON  ANTHEMIN  AND  ANTHEMIC  ACID. 
Size,  a  sufficient  quantity  to  form  a  paste,  which  is  ap- 
plied to  a  slip  of  card,  wood  or  metal. 
The  substances  in  both  formulae  are  made  into  paste,  described 
for  the  first  matches. 
3.  New  Mass  without  Phosphorus  for  Sulphured  Matches. 
In  order  to  avoid  the  slight  explosions  which  occur  on  the 
friction  of  the  first  matches,  the  discoverer  now  leaves  the  me- 
tallic sulphurets  or  the  sulphur  out  of  the  composition.  They  are 
replaced  by  powdered  glass  or  flint,  which  is  mixed  in  various 
proportions  with  the  chlorate  of  potash,  according  as  it  is  de- 
sired to  produce  combustion  with  more  or  less  ease  by  fric- 
tion.   Bichromate  of  potash  is  also  added  as  an  oxidizing  body. 
The  new  mass  of  sulphured  ma 
Chlorate  of  potash 
Powdered  glass  or  flint 
Bichromate  of  potash  . 
Gum  or  dextrine 
Water 
ches  consists  of— 
.    5  parts. 
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.   8  « 
London  Chem.  Gaz.  June  1,  1859,  from  Dingier1  s  Polylechn.  Journ, 
ON  ANTHEMIN  AND  ANTHEMIC  ACID. 
M.  Pattone,  Pharmacien  of  the  civil  hospital  of  Alexandria, 
(Journ.  d'Anvers),  states  that  the  common  chamomile  of  Europe 
(Anthemis  arvensis)  contains  a  crystallizable  alkaloid,  Anthemin, 
and  an  organic  acid.  Anthemin  is  obtained  from  the  flowers, 
which  are  placed  in  a  still  with  sufficient  water,  and  the  aroma- 
tic oil  distilled  off.  The  residue  is  then  expressed  strongly, 
the  decoction  evaporated  to  an  extract,  and  this  exhausted 
with  boiling  alcohol,  of  85  per  cent.,  which  dissolves  out  a 
resinous  matter  and  an  acid.  The  undissolved  residue  is  then 
treated  with  boiling  distilled  water,  filtered,  and  when  cold, 
ammonia  is  dropped  in  until  the  liquid  has  a  decided  alkaline 
reaction.  After  a  little  while  it  deposits  beautiful  brilliant 
prismatic  crystals,  which,  after  twenty-four  hours,  are  removed, 
and  washed  with  cold  water. 
This  substance  has  neither  odor  nor  taste ;  it  is  sensibly  alka- 
