The early history of chlorine : papers / by Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1774), C.L. Berthollet (1785), Guyton de Morveau (1787), J.L. Gay-Lussac and L. J. Thenard (1809).

Date:
1905
Catalogue details

Licence: In copyright

Credit: The early history of chlorine : papers / by Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1774), C.L. Berthollet (1785), Guyton de Morveau (1787), J.L. Gay-Lussac and L. J. Thenard (1809). Source: Wellcome Collection.

    12/58
    IO Scheele o?i Manganese, and its Properties. manganese, spiritus satis, or spiritus vitrioli, and alcohol vini is digested several days in a well-closed flask, and thereafter gently distilled, there arises no effervescence, but spiritus vini passes over; it has, however, and this is noteworthy, a strong smell of aether nitri. The residue in the retort has lost its acid, and is saturated with man- ganese. If metals, sugar, turpentine, or linseed oil are added to a mixture of ground manganese and marine acid there arises no dephlogisticated marine acid; for here there is sufficient combustible present with which this elastic acid can combine. With mercury it is note- worthy that a good deal of it also goes into the solu- tion, from which it can be obtained by crystallisation, and behaves like corrosive sublimate. If leaves of pure gold are put into a mixture of ground manganese and pure acidutn salis, it is found afterwards that this solu- tion contains gold, as well as manganese, dissolved.