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THE progress of chemistry during the last year has been considerable, and a great deal of interesting and important work has been done. Nevertheless it cannot be said to have been a year productive of any very special discoveries. In physical chemistry the subjects connected with heat have occupied a good deal of attention, such as the heat of formation of chemical compounds, &c. Experiments on the liquefaction anc solidification of gases by pressure and low temperature have also been continued, and, in addition to the results which were obtained some time since, we now know chlorine, not only as a liquid, but also as a crystalline solid. The same is true of hydrochloric acid, carbonic oxide, silicon fluoride, and assinuretted hydrogen,
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Recent Progress in Chemistry 1 . Nature 31, 568–569 (1885). https://doi.org/10.1038/031568a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/031568a0