Organic Remains of a Former World An Examination of the Mineralized Remains of
Organic Remains of a Former World An Examination of the Mineralized Remains of
Parkinson James
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This salt was first discovered to be of an acid nature by the Hon. Mr. Boyle, and * Mem. De 1'Acad. Des Sciences, 1743, 155 it has since been ascertained to be a peculiar acid, differing in some of its chymical properties, and in its affinities, from other acids. If the distillation be continued, the fire being augmented after the succinic acid is come over, a thick brown oil, which yields an acid taste, will be then distilled. But if water be employed in the dis- tillation, a clear light oil w...ill come over, which darkens by keeping, first becoming of a yellow, and then, by degrees, even of a dark brown colour. JET is a compact, opaque, and very black substance, of almost a stony hardness ; capable of receiving a high polish, and breaking with a conchoidal fracture, and a glassy lustre. Its specific gravity is 1. 259. On being rubbed it manifests electric attraction ; when heated it yields an odour resembling that of asphaltum, but not so powerful ; and when inflamed, by a strong heat, it burns away, leaving an earthy residuum.
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