New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-11-01

b.!rg referred 90 the Ms3ics CJ11, regoF: Il vr o.
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We. prepared 70 nsrsAsp ca. Appropriation fsr ;r-
p1rpose Of iCg Prof IL the prosecution o. un5er.
tss-g hut :son, ts~J f2gud its = pre'e-.1
g upon his QUE responsibility. uuder - iAnctcn
Of b Board.
Pro, ELLrT sceori!nIy proceeded s1o TIE resl OF Is
itvesssuor. embraced Il TIE form Of Appendix
10 The Repori oefor, We copy thst portion OF hs o.
..rvsu5rs hearing directly u7on ire m,er Il question
The object IN view 70 min. whether TIE
air cou,sined 10 du- proportion ose fu5..nces Which
constitute rmal smosphere and more especially %
sscerlsn Utethsr any reign mst,-r could - jscov
cred which m'sht be looked upcn as The Of tie
epidemic Their prevailing.
Tn place Of experiment selected vss toe Lsoora.
tory Of the College % Physicians snf Surgeons, in
CROSBY near Sp-insSt -:se st=s.ion being very ceu
us sud s1Jrfing nSDy fsc.hses 20 otherwise read
.ly st,sna5le
Two Get, Of experiments were commenced On tie
llth Of July The design 4 Zee .. Fss : separate
byA cod NJ 32>F whatever substances Nigh, be COZ
dsnsae from ,hc AZ A. That tempe a'ure and Of i7s
other So. no.: 8: "a considerable a'srs - various
chi m'csl az cies suitably selected
Prof Elle. then proceeds u describe the modes oy
which ti, resuls reached bu: have n, spsce
= folox him IN detail lie found no decided scid q
alkaline rss,.on with tespsgers IL TIE liquid matters
condemned although delicate reh GEMS 81 ed tno
presence Of caroOnic acid. Traces also o. ch'orioe
probably Ia the state u chloride Of sodium. which IL
and Of ammonia were Gl.0 6ectccted but their a
tuss too smell for accurate determination. or
ganc L. at.er also found, but ia quantities. sppa-
feny grester than 10 u-U 10 Ain water Est bar
fallen through tho atm 1spatre % city IN warm
weather
-Broay, then, carbon'c scid. chlorine. ammonia.
and organic matter were found 10 varying but aerV
IN .tfc,pi gvan',. 10 Ja' 'atpici3a n A. ny toale
aT,c fsS 4jrtg n IA atrosp,re which contained
,nern. Hydro suiphuric acid couid Dot be detected
Repeated eudionetrcs! analyses Of the air were s'o
n 10 81
Dg much more accurate results tsan tho instruments
generally employed for The purpose. The svers2" u
twelve experiments gave n the hundred part. ~ nes
sure % i2l parts Of oxygen sid Dig OF nitrogen.
These numbers approximate very closely t. those OBJ
tanned years since by Dr.. Hare, A. Philadelphia
and indicate departure from tic normal constitution
If the atmosphere.
A. an early period Of tne providence Of the eydcm
ic, the public attention vas muc1 directed 10 pecui
lar principle called "ozons which ssse,:ed - te
present Ia the air and = te probable Of the
pe.ulppce several persons exhibited the results Of
apartments which they considered - proving its
presence and certain chemical relations supposed 10
characterize j, made the basis Of modes OF treat
ny tho di.esse which were announced a. having
proved ern!uentiy successful. I deemed 1t therefore
my duty tsays Prot Ellet) 10 institute rumerO1. aud
cautious experiments 10 Ascerts'n whether there was
any substance present in the air capable OF producing
the chemical effects attributed to ozone Ia toe
course OF this Investigate T. whose details are foreign
'hc % ct Of ibis report. but will De msoe pubic
through some scientific journal ~ss forced - the
ConciltljE hot ohJ ha no sucl Fecu ~ Pll"'P'c ~
condition existed IN the stmOsphere ~ the tme-5uf
that the experiments # those European chemists no
have announced :he production Of artificial means o.
such form Of matter, that there Is urh coz
di;On Of form. are unsatisfactory
such th. main features q Tails Report and lie &C
Comparing documents There many interesting
points interviewer In the History OF the late Epidemic,
which might be appropriately introduced, Rad We
room. Ire Report seem. TO emboty large mass Of
fact. carefully collected and arranged, and presented
with no little candor snd ability, and 10 einincnily