, 1869-12-23

EAitcr wttheut tndaoztriea life. Tha acc'enss
delegated The elenents Of nAlule ~ eaRth, atr,
nIe, md wtttr: but It 111 TO = lnoa n that no.
or s,1t1.e,9bt nenu; tne IL ii two elements,
cNEtn AID nitrogen: Orc was net an element
nofa Z tt:nA tah.tsnce: H.ter vas not m ele>
Water va conposed OF ox19en and hydrogen,
ard before The lectrte wss over he anould prove
waser not 70 be m clement b. naefpg 1t OF CON.
osnsnor q the two ksses A'ements we're d1at,n.
EuAhed Iuru compounds, which we're boc!et
composed Of two or nnse elements An element
~ = r9Es so9s 1Ss r ,s Sa
might BE- n>eited IL ihs houest oucaole, is might
be dissoaSed n ae.d. but stt1 II returned
toussn,pe siea, In the present safe ei scaence,
conad not be Ietoived Into other Consusuen0
TIC ectoreT then Illustrated the e1feut TO which
eNnentasy fuas.sIees msy be subd'vtded. BY
dropping I 8oaut on OF Iron nto \ large glass Of
Wbter, ehoslpX inst the presence Of lhe lrou,
Though only scout Of { teu-tnouaan1tn part ot the
sss soS1 e ,ss r.ssa san =! S
mtto subdivision Of ~ e!enept, but the ultimate
EEe Of an atom ind pevet been dotermi1ed. a. IN
10 tho ana less ciss. os aaimsieo,c 1ooTo, n al
OF which w1s fonL d the tyEtcn Of blood ctrcnIa-
ton conplese Tne hood R1ooule Of tie nunaa
diameter: then, suppossrE the blood Gtooule in
ono Of these antrais, which conld not tie d,altn-
gutahed With The baked eye, 70 te OF relative aIa.
could be G1,ned-
oxygen conp1tsed ooc-ntth ol the air, and en-
teIed largely INTO animal sud Vegetable itte. We
We1e LIVING on the bottom oi an oc.an OF air, tns
attn osPhefe e1'eudIn2 above and ATouod % 70 Z
height Of aboat forty mlIea. Tuls ocean VAS SUI
inst IN the aerta one tho w1Tes sere nucn larger
and The changea mach greater than 10 tne Watery
| one. II bad BEEN estlmated tnst the Weight of
d1sa quadfllons Of tons, The totAl we:gai Of oxy.
gen 1oont one Nth cs th.s. TIE c4foouse aeat
bfeathe6 out bJ animal he vas carried Cd BY rain.
thtou2h Vegetables retp1red sf pare oxJgtn
to tie Ar. TIE system vas one OF mutual con.
| pen3atop, between animal and vegetable LIE,
whereby the tst preserved IL ossRtnHi ttatc.
Nitrogen could be prepared by elimination iro tne
ar but hydrogen conld not; It muat be procured
Om aVnp,1 q wesf9 "a %
nn.uz COMMON Rlsss jars Win the g<s, aad then
conhusion thu III. Tnis vss oone oy blowing
ont csnd1e AID ipseftnR the tpsEk, when II was
lnzsantly feAgnfed 10 4 na1ae with sFght exp.o.
slon. He then ured . bit Of charco2l and Inserted
shower Of spattA wac pfod0ced- coil Of iron
wire, nested At one end ald placed IN jAr. was
ptece q sseel ~atcn apr1ng 1ss nsae, when tha
sttel van cpnsumeu Ike tindcr. The Professor
burntpg ,ne metal magnesium ID the Oxygen sss.
The hRhi, he raid, Ras 50 AhsolutsJ while,
mat photographs OF The pJtsulds u EIypt tue
l,s 1id. Tie n2Ynesum Waz dropped Into tht
jsr, The CONT utt,on ecsucd, and the n!aRn11csn ri
while light nl Cd The large roou- A1:er i ~
6utriced the gns Nghts 1ooleo. By conp1l1soe
! scarcely more brilliant than l1Gta Of brAss- PAE
rclea Of pot1sasnm aot sodluM were dropped m1
| pufe wate1 10 show tpe separation Of s1c ofyge1
IRON the n, drogen. lie then showed HOY wase
WIS produced ~ the burning Of oxygen with ny
Arogeu, and als0 demonstrated hor me Iuston o
the Two gA.es produced an explosive material
Some sosp bpbbI,a we're then exploded with TN
notse OF cannon, greatly to the Dersoos s1tla
tlon Of certaln elderly 1ah.eA A long gtats tub
waa then placed over the let OF burning hsdroRE
gas, when series OF explosions took plAce w1thl
the tube with eucn raulnty as 10 tender tho sonn
| continuous ana therefore musical The co1clu!
ing eIpey4n cut VIE fhe burning Of paospnoruH
oxygen. which produced lgGt a. brilliant an
Lev u1tt1nR a. that Of the uiaRne"tun Through
| out, the lecturer wsBstA'eDed 10 with tue fnut
earnest AttsLtloD, anh bis arf.tS OF beautiful b.
simple e1perlDcnts received in each cAxe II
! hea1uest applause