Guernsey, Jan. 30, 1854.
[Footnote 4: [Having lately prepared this solution according to the formula
given by _Dr. Diamond_ (Vol. viii., p. 597.), in which it required 650
grains to dissolve the 60-grain precipitate, we were inclined to think our
correspondent had formed a wrong calculation, as the difference appeared so
little for a solution more than one-third stronger. We found upon
_accurately_ following DR. MANSELL'S instructions, that it required 734
grains of iodide of potassium to effect a solution, whilst we have at the
same time dissolved the quantity recommended by DR. DIAMOND with 598
grains. This little experiment is a useful lesson to our correspondents,
exhibiting as it does the constantly varying strength of supposed pure
chemicals.--ED. "N. & Q."]]
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Replies to Minor Queries.
_Ned o' the Todding_ (Vol. ix., p. 36.).--In answer to the inquiry of W.
T., I beg to say that he will find the thrilling narrative of poor Ned of
the Toddin in Southey's _Espriella's Letters from England_, vol. ii. p.
42.; but I am not aware of any lines with the above heading, by which I
presume W. T. to be in search of some poetical rendering of the tale.