251. BERTHELOT, M. [Chemical Effects of the Silent Electric Discharge.] Compt. rend., vol. 126, 1898, pp. 561-567, 567-575, 609-616, 616-627; Jour. Chem. Soc., vol. 1, 1898, pp. 393-396.

251. BERTHELOT, M. [Chemical Effects of the Silent Electric Discharge.] Compt. Rend., vol. 126, 1898, pp. 561-567, 567-575, 609-616, 616-627; Jour. Chem. Soc., vol. 1, 1898, pp. 393-396.

Various mixtures of CO and H₂ were subjected to the action of the silent discharge. Some carbohydrates of the general formula (CH₂O)n were obtained.