G: [Ansdell]

Laboratory notebook; MS

Notebook, 4½" x 7", hard black cover; labelled No.8 and initialled G.A. [G.Ansdell], Royal Institution.

pp.1-2 continuation of experiment 29 on formation of BaCy2 from Notebook no.6.

p.3 Expt 30: to try effect of mixing CaCO3 and BaCO3 before subjecting them to nitrogen.

pp.4-5 Expt 31: using BaO made in different way

pp.5-12 Expts 32-36: subjecting BaCO3 to pressure and heat

pp.13-14 Expt 37 to determine whether length of heating affected yield of cyanide

pp.15-18 Expts 38-40: experiments with pitch

pp.19-20 Expt 41 with BaO and lampblack.

pp.21-22 Expt 42 with BaCO3 and graphite

pp.23-26 Expts 43-45: BaCO3 and lampblack

pp.27-8 Expt 46: BaCO3 and finely divided iron.

pp.29-30 Expt 47: BaCO3 and ignited MgO.

p.31 Expt.48: BaCO3 and LiCO3.

p.32 Expt.49: conducting nitrogen into crucible to see whether yield of BaCy2 could be increased.

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pp.34-50 experiments with crude petroleum oil from Baku in Russia, including analysis of fractionated oils (pp37-9) examination of portions obtained between every 5 degrees (pp.40-45), determination of density (pp47-50); p.46 blank.

pp.51-58 further investigation of the chlorine and nitro bodies found with these oils, April 1883: chlorine compounds pp.51-4, nitro bodies from p.55.

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pp.60-64 Baku oils: conversion of portion boiling between 270-280°C.

p.65 Baku oils: conversion of portion boiling between 180-190°C.

pp.66-70 Baku oils: examination of nitric acid solution from first treatment.

pp.71-2 Baku oils: examination of viscous portion left undissolved by repeated treatment of the 180-190°C boiling point portions with HN3.

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pp.74-5 further examination of the crude petroleum from Baku

pp.76-8 nitrification of portion boiling between 180-200°C.

pp.79-80 the barium salt

pp.80-81 the silver salt made in a different way

pp.82-3 nitrification of high boiling point portion, above 240°C.

pp.84-87 the silver salt

pp.88-93 examination of syrupy acid obtained by first nitrification of portion boiling between 180-200°C.

p.94 the methyl compound

pp.95-6 examination of remaining portion of viscous nitro body

pp.97-8 examination of high B.P. portion

p.99 silver salt from high B.P. acid

p.100 addition of original acid to NaHO

p.101 addition of potash to portion

p.102 analysis of original nitro body by combustion

pp.103-4 hydrogenation of nitro body from high B.P. oil

pp.105-12 Feb.1883: Experiments on the preparation of aluminium. pp.109-10 attempted reduction of chloride of aluminium by copper and cyanide of potassium; p.111 attempted reduction of Al2S3 by Na; p.112 preparation of Al2S3.

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p.115 continuation of Baku oil experiment on p.104 on black sticky compound not corrected by Sn and HCl.

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p.119-21 nitrification of portion of distillate (p.74) boiling between 220-240°C.

p.122 reduction of the soluble acid body

pp.123-5 reduction of the high B.P. acid

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pp.127-8 reduction of portion boiling between 220-240°C (continuation of p.122)

pp.129-31 reduction of soluble acid portion of 220-240°C with alcoholic NH4S.

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pp.133-4 attempt to reduce the insoluble nitro body from the oil boiling between 220-240°C.

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pp.137-40 further nitrification of the insoluble portion from the first treatment

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pp.143-4 nitrification from very high boiling point oils

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pp.148-52 nitrification of ordinary paraffin oil

pp.153-61 examination of the portion of the crudely distilled Baku oil (p.74) boiling between 240-260°C: pp.154-5 composition of soluble acid; pp.156-7 insoluble nitro body; p.158 blank; pp.159-60 quantity of nitrogen found in soluble acid; p.161 hydrocarbon contained in soluble acid.

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pp.173-6 references to literature on the cyanids