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Page 427 - Mr. Kemp has observed, in repeating this process for me, the very curious fact, that as soon as the action is complete and the oily impurities are destroyed, but not sooner, the chloroform tested with the acid in a tube, exhibits a strongly convex surface downwards, where it rests on the pure acid, or, what is the same thing, the acid becomes concave at its upper surface. The smallest trace of impurity, not sufficient to affect the density of the chloroform, we have found to render the line of junction...