II. On the atomic weight of graphite

In this paper the author arrives at the following results:—That carbon in the form of graphite forms a system of peculiar compounds, different from any compounds of carbon yet known, and capable of being procured only from graphite. That graphite, within certain limits, functions as a distinct element, capable indeed of being converted by certain processes of oxidation into carbonic acid and thus identified with the other forms of carbon, but having a distinct atomic weight, namely 33 ( H = 1) .