... bookaimstogive,asbrieflyaspossible,a review of what hasalreadybeenaccomplished, and at the same timetocreateaninterestintheperformance of experimentson the electrolysis and electrosynthesis of organic compounds. AACHEN,ElectrotechnicalLaboratory of thePolytechnicInstitute.November.1895.viCONTENTS.INTRODUCTIONxiI. ELECTROLYSIS AND ELECTROSYNTHESIS OF ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS. i.(a)Hydroxyl ... of inorganic compounds bytheelectriccurrent.Theverydifferentconditionsrequiredforinorganic and organic electrolysis giveadistinctive charactertothehistory of thesetwobranches. Ininorganic electrolysis oneinvestigationfollowsas acontinuation of thoseprecedingit.The ... the1Pogg.Ann.,19,77.8Tommasi,Trait6d'Electrochimie,1889,728.3Pogg.Ann.,19,77.4Pogg.Ann.,36,487;Phil.Mag.,18,47. OF ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS. 5importance of these data and the factthat theresult of the electrolysis isdependentuponthedensity and potential of theelectriccurrent and theinfluence of thedissociativepower of solutions,astrongincentiveforrepeatingtheexperiments,with...