Catalogue of the collections / Comp. by E.M. Holmes.

  • Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Museum
Date:
1878
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    Monobasic Acids. 516. Palmitic Acid. HC16 H31 02. a. Commercial specimen. b. Crystalline cakes, melting point 132° to 140° Fahr. c. Crystalline cakes, melting point 140.8° Fahr. Note.—Specimen 6 is a finely crystallized cake of the Best Palm Stearine of commerce, and specimen c is nearly pure. These speci- mens were presented by Mr. J. Wilson, manager of Price's Patent Candle Co. 517. Margaric Acid. a. Pearly crystalline scales. Note.—This specimen is probably a mixture consisting chiefly of stearic and palmitic acids. It is the margaric acid of Chevreul. 518. Stearic Acid. HC]8 H35 02. a. Pearly crystalline scales, melting point 155° Fahr. Note.—This specimen was presented by Mr. J. Wilson, manager of Price's Patent Candle Co., and is as pure chemically as possible. 519. Oleic Acid. HC18 H33 03. a. Colourless oily liquid, pure. LACTIC SERIES, CnH2n03. 520. Lactic Acid. HC3 H5 08. a. Pure, concentrated, sp. gr. 1210. b. Diluted, for medicinal purposes, sp. gr. P030, KINIC SERIES. Cu _ 2 06. 521. Kinic Acid. HC7Hn06. (Quinic Acid.) a. Crystals. BENZOIC SERIES, CnH2u_8 02. 522. Benzoic Acid. HC7H502. a. Crystals. b. Ditto. c. Ditto, from elephant's urine. Note.—Specimen a was obtained from Palambang benzoin, a sample of which will be found in the Materia Medica Collection, No. 361.o. Specimen b was obtained from hippuric acid, prepared from urine. 523. Benzoic Chloride. C7 H50C1. (Benzoyl Chloride.) a. Colourless pungent liquid. 524. Hippuric Acid. HC9 H8 N03. (Benzamidacetic Acid.) a. White acicular crystals. Note.—Specimens 523 and 524 are placed here for the sake of con- venience. OXYBENZOIC SERIES, Cn H2 _803 525. Salicylic Acid. HC7 H5 03. a. Crystalline powder, not quite pure.