CIibiC mctrc of spnco in tho vessel gnve 3000 crriiic metres of hydrogen, so thnt there wns no difticultv in ninking V C S S C . ~ lnrgc enough for thnt process. \ViIh six miiill vessels of nliorit 12 gnllons cnch they coiiltl mnkc nlioiit 1000 cubic rtictrcs of hvtlrogcti n thy nntl they coiiltl get ~*csscls wliich were nI)oiit 20 timrs thnt size.
The cost of tlic hytlrogcn tliffcrctl nrcorcling to the qunntity Iirotliicctl ; it would be nlioiit id. n cubic nictrc nt ntniospheric pressure, nnti in Inrgc iiliiiits clicnpcr. The iiiinlyscs of conl which Iic hntl given were rnlciilntctl free of nsh. l'lic qiiniititics of ndi were tliffcrciit.
JIr. I<. O I ~A S T IIoorElt nskccl whether Dr. 13ergiiis hnd distilled the con1 nincle in his cslierimcnts niid whnt were tlic distillntioii prodiicts of the conl he liricl protliicctl ?
Dr. 1i~1ta1vs snit1 they hntl lirntctl mnic niitl found -nronmtic coniliotintls. T1i1!y roiiltl not m y esnctly nll the coni~ioiintla that. wcro in tlii. tsr. Ciirboii moiiositle .oil1 existid in estrcmely siiinll cliiniitities in the pent nrirf tiere w i s 1 1 0 cnrbori nioliosii~e in tilo gns from tlic ccllulosc~. l'lie nmoiirit of iriorgnnic nin ttcr iii the pent vnriecl froiii 1 per cont. to 40 per cent., thawfore they m i s t ctilctilntc free of nsh, riritl the runtcrinl iri their .cxlicriincrits hntl :I or 4 per cent.
For nwitling the nttnck of the vrssels Iiy tlic wntrr, t l i w were cliticrciit wys. Tiicy C~IIJSC spcinl qrinlitics a1 steel. JItit, n p r t from thnt, tlirrc were otlirr nicnnsof :gettiiig rountl this difioulty.
Scottish Section.
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Gluagoc 011 Ttrraduy, 25th AIItvch, 1913. DR. TlIOJldS E\'AS IS TIIE CIIAIII. UY TIIOJIAS E \ V d S , JLSC., l'II.Il., A S U TIIOJ1.W SII'IER. 111 18W .\liirgucrittc niitl tic Soiirdcvnl (Coiiiptos rciitl., '50, 1100. IS(i0) iriiiioiiiiccd, witliotit further tlctnil, thnt n inistiire of Iinrytn m i l cnrl)oii, wl~cii cnlciiictl in Iireacncu of iitriioiplicric oir, coniliiitoi very rcntlily with iiitrogcii.
The retiction wivi ngiiili xtiitlictl Iiy Jloiiti iii 1879 (this .J., 1889,1505). Ila foilid t*hnt the forinatioii of cvniiidu requires n tcnilicrntiire of nt ~ccrst 1200' C. nrici iiroccetL.i riiost rcntli!y nt 14003nritl tlint 40 pcrccitt.. of tho 1)nriuni riiny be cyniwctl witlioiit tlifliculty. lhriuiii cynniclu is not nctctl on by ciirboii nioiiosidc hit is clrstroycrtl liy ccirboii cliositlc nt high teiiiiieriitiires. At the tt*iiilicrntiirc of tho rcnctioii btiriiini ciirliciiiiito fuFo.3 niitl intist IJO niisetl with riitliciciit cnrlioii to forin nil iiifiisiblo niistirrc. Hoiii1icl (Ihr., IS!IO, 23, 3385) iiincle IL fuw os ierimcnts .on tliu o ~c c t of Iiro.*siirc o n tlio rtwtioii, ~i y Iicntiiig n iiiistiiro of Iiciriiiiii ositlo i i i i t l charcoal blcctricnlly in iiitroguii nt iiressurus vtrryiug from 1 t o GO iitinosliliiws. 'l'liu Iicrcciitiigti of tho biiriiiiii cynnircti iiicrcwctl rnliitlly with tliu Iirossriru.