WM. TUDOR MABLEY.

Manchester.

_Powdered Alum--How does it act?_--SIR W. NEWTON has again kindly informed

me of _his motive_ for using the powdered alum, which in "N. & Q." (Vol.

vii., p. 141.) he asserts readily removes the hyposulphite of soda. What is

the _rationale_ of the chemical action upon the hyposulphite of soda?

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