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Journal of the Chemical Society, May.—Mr. Francis Jones, F.R.S.E, contributes a paper on stibine. Mr. Jones has investigated several methods of producing this gas, and the one which commends itself to him as the most convenient is the following. A strong solution of antimony in hydrochloric acid is allowed to drop on a considerable bulk of zinc, either granulated or in powder. The resulting gas is then purified by passing it through a very dilute solution of caustic soda, and subsequently dried over calcium chloride and phosphoric anhydride.—Dr. Paul von Hamel Roos gives a paper upon crystallised glycerine. The solidification of this body seems to depend upon the entire absence of water or any other impurity. Dr. Roos is carrying on further investigations with this interesting compound.—Messrs. Beckett and Wright contribute a paper on the action of the organic acids and their anhydrides on the natural alkaloids.—A paper on the use of platinum in the ultimate analysis of carbon compounds, by Mr. Ferdinand Kopfer, of Owens College, Manchester, is the last of the papers read before the Society which appears in this number.—The usual extensive collection of abstracts from papers in British and foreign journals occupies the remainder of this number.
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Scientific Serials . Nature 14, 301–302 (1876). https://doi.org/10.1038/014301a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/014301a0