Excerpt from The Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1894, Vol. 16He noticed that when the two bodies were allowed to react, there was a great elevation of temperature, that a considerable amount of water was evolved, and that a compound much more fusible than succinic acid resulted, by aiding the reaction with heat, a white substance was sublimed which had none of the properties of succinic acid.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.