Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts . Gas^ hy the AJFufion ofNitrous Acid. By Profejfor Lichtenberg *. Afcenfionof ATTEMPTING to illuHrate the decompofition of ful- irrenat*^ P^^retted hydrogen gas, I filled a bottle with it, capable ofholding about 18oz. of water. Having done this, I pouredinto it at once, ^ of an ounce of nitrous acid ; a hifling noifetook place, and much red vapour was di(engaged» which inorder not to molefl: my auditors, I confined in the bottle, bycorking it. No fooner had this been accompliflied, the mix-ture exploded with a loud report, accompanied wit
Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts . Gas^ hy the AJFufion ofNitrous Acid. By Profejfor Lichtenberg *. Afcenfionof ATTEMPTING to illuHrate the decompofition of ful- irrenat*^ P^^retted hydrogen gas, I filled a bottle with it, capable ofholding about 18oz. of water. Having done this, I pouredinto it at once, ^ of an ounce of nitrous acid ; a hifling noifetook place, and much red vapour was di(engaged» which inorder not to molefl: my auditors, I confined in the bottle, bycorking it. No fooner had this been accompliflied, the mix-ture exploded with a loud report, accompanied with a blueflame+. The pieces of glafs were thrown to a ronfiderablediflance, the larger ones were covered with fulphur. ? • Ibid. f For the fuccefs of this experiment, it feems to me to be necef-fary that the gas mull be obtained by decompofmg water by meansof fulphuret of iron ard an acid; for it always failed in my hands,,if an earthy or alk<iline fulphuret had been made ule of for the pro-tlnflion of it. F. A. Fhilos. Janmal. Vol. WELFlXfzLU-. Mu^kJcMju^UI
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