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Excerpt from The Quarterly Journal of the Chemical Society of London, 1861, Vol. 13
The acid, thus prepared, is a beautifully crystalline sulphur yellow substance, having a slightly acid and metallic after-taste. It does not act on the skin like the corresponding bromine-com pound. It is but slightly soluble in water. Crystals of the acid exposed to the air slowly disappear, being volatile at the common temperature. O11 Opening a bottle containing crystals of the acid, a faint smell, resembling iodine, manifests itself. Heated on platinum foil, it fuses partly, volatilizes, and then turns black, evolving Oopious fumes Of iodine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
