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Editorial. —  Obit  aary. 
i  Am.  Jour.  Pliarm^ 
\      A\nil,  IbhJ. 
Phosphate  of  Ikon. — A  coiTespondent,  whom  we  should  have  pre- 
ferred to  answer  by  letter  if  he  had  sent  us  liis  address,  inquires  if  free 
hydrogen  is  liberated  in  making  phosphate  of  iron  according  to  the  pro- 
cess of  the  British  Pharmacopoeia.  On  adding  together  ferrous  sulphate 
and  phosphate  of  sodium,  a  white  precipitate  is  obtained  which,  if  the  air 
be  totally  excluded,  after  washing  and  drj^ing,  forms  a  white  powder,  hav- 
ing the  composition  Fe3(P04)._,.8H20,  which  is  that  of  the  mineral  vivianite. 
In  contact  with  air,  however,  oxidation  takes  place  and  the  resulting  com- 
pound has  a  grayish-,  greenish-  or  steel-blue  color,  and  contains  both  fer- 
rous and  ferric  phosphates  in  vai'iable  proportion.  The  analytical  results 
obtained  by  different  investigators  varied  as  follows :  FeO  10*23 — 30'47, 
Fe,03  36-8— 12-93,  PA  25-8—31  "20,  H2O  22—28-1  per  cent.  A  number  of  these 
blue  phosphates  have  been  analyzed  by  Wittstein,  whose  paper  will  be 
found  in  "  Repert.  fur  die  Phar.,"  1845,  vol.  89,  p.  145.  Since  this  oxida- 
tion is  effected  by  the  oxygen  of  the  air,  it  is  evident  that  hydrogen  is  not 
evolved. 
The  Scientific  American,  whose  office  was  recently  destroyed  by  fire 
in  New  York,  shortly  afterwards  located  at  261  Broadway,  corner  of  War- 
ren street.  We  are  glad  to  learn  that  no  loss  of  types,  plates,  etc.,  was 
occasioned  by  the  fire,  since  the  printing  was  done  in  another  building. 
OBITUAKY. 
Charles  Hoagland  Dalrymple,  a  prominent  apothecary  of  Morris^ 
town,  N.  J.,  died  there  March  4th,  after  a  short  illness,  of  pneumonia, 
having  nearly  completed  his  fifty-second  year.  He  was  born  near  Dover, 
Morris  county,  N.  J.,  and  in  his  sixteenth  year  engaged  as  an  apprentice 
in  the  drug  business  with  Jacob  M.  King  at  Morristown.  Five  years  later 
he  accepted  a  position  in  Canton,  Madison  county.  Miss.,  but  in  1853  he 
returned  to  Morristown,  taking  charge  of  the  drug  store  of  J.  F.  Vorhees, 
in  which  he  soon  became  a  partner,  and  in  1858  the  sole  proprietor. 
He  joined  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  1860,  and 
although  he  rarely  took  any  prominent  part  in  its  deliberations,  his  kind, 
genial  and  warm-hearted  disposition,  as  well  as  his  mature  judgment,  love 
of  work  and  sterling  qualities  as  a  man  secured  him  the  friendship  and 
esteem  of  all  members  who  became  acquainted  with  hin\ ;  important  com- 
mittee work  entrusted  to  him  on  several  occasions  was  always  well  per- 
formed. 
He  was  also  one  of  the  organizers  and  the  first  President  of  the  New 
Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  took  great  interest  in  its  welfare 
and  in  the  success  of  the  pharmacy'-  law  of  his  native  State.  In  the  com- 
munity where  he  resided  he  was  repeatedly  elected  to  various  positions  of 
honor  and  trust,  in  all  of  which  he  acquitted  himself  with  his  accustomed 
care,  zeal  and  reliability.  The  deceased  leaves  a  widow,  three  sons  and 
two  daughters.  During  the  funeral  services  the  stores  of  Morristown  were 
closed  out  of  respect  to  his  memory. 
