Excerpt from The Chemical Gazette, Vol. 12: Or, Journal of Practical Chemistry, in All Its Applications to Pharmacy, Arts and ManufacturesThe cause of the amount of carbon being too high is the presence of a small quantity of a resinous body, which is difficult to get rid of, and also of a trace of a product of the decomposition of sapo nine, which is richer in carbon and poorer in oxygen than that sub stance, but contains exactly the same quantity of hydrogen.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition.

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