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Scientific American Supplement - No. 829

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. . ."left"> 2, 3, 4, 5 equivs. of carbonate of lime (limestone) with 2, 3, 4, 5 " sulphurous acid (SO2) and 4, 6, 8, 10 " sulphureted hydrogen (H2S);

and that marsh gas and its homologues, which are the oils predominating in Pennsylvania, would be produced by treating:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 equivs. of carbonate of lime with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 " sulphurous acid and 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 " sulphureted hydrogen.

Thus we find that:

Carbonate of lime, 2CaCO3,
Sulphurous acid, 2SO2, and
Sulphureted hydrogen, 4H2S, } yield { 2(CaSO.H2O) (gypsum),
4S (sulphur), and
C2H4, which is ethylene.

And that:

Carbonate of lime, CaCO3
Sulphurous acid, SO2, and
Sulphureted hydrogen, 3H2S } yield { (CaSO4.H2O) (gypsum),
3S (sulphur) and
CH4, which is marsh gas.

So that these and all their homologues, in fact petroleum in . . . Read More