The Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1889, Vol. 11 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1889, Vol. 11 Kuhlmann in 18381 discovered that when ammonia was passed over red hot charcoal, cyanogen and ammonium cyanide were formed and by using a mixture of charcoal and potash for absorption he obtained potassium cyanide. The idea of Obtaining cyanides by passing ammonia over hot carbon, however, was probably of earlier origin. 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.