Mustard
various species of the and sifting the seeds of black and white Also a condiment obtained by grinding genuine mustard of commerce. The seeds mustard. The flour produced forms the yield by pressure from 18 to 36 per cent. water and distilling, a small quantity of of a fixed oil, and, after macerating with yield by pressure from 18 to 36 per cent. a highly pungent and volatile oil. fatal effects have followed their consumption. Mussels, the family Mytilidæ. French poet; born in Paris, France, Dec.
French poet; born in Paris, France, De at the College of Henry IV., where his fellow-pupil and intimate friend was the Duke of Orleans, son of Louis Philippe, law, medicine, finance, painting, were in turn engaged in, in turn abandoned. In 1830, he put forth a small volume of poetry, entitled "Stories of Spain and Italy," which was received with great favor. A celebrity at 23, the young poet made a journey to Italy with George MUSTARD GAS. Dichlorethylsulphide, boiling at 219° C., first prepared by the German chemist, Victor Meyer, in 1886, A water-white liquid and first used in warfare by the Germans ing February, the English chemist, Pope, reported the discovery of a process of with some modifications developed by the in sulphur monochloride. His process, adopted by the Allies throughout the bal- U. S. Chemical Warfare Service, was ance of the war.
Sand, under the name of confidential reported the discovery of a process of secretary. During his last years, he gave himself up to play, and even grosser pleasures. His last volume of verse was published in 1850, and showed a premature decay of the author's powers. He was nevertheless elected a member of the French Academy, in 1852. His best works are his poems, "View from an Armchair"; "The Cup and the Lips"; "Of What do Young Girls Dream?" "Namouna"; "Rolla"; and his two ex- "Of What do Young Girls Dream?"; quisite dra dramatic pieces, "A Caprice," "A Door Should be Open or Shut." He quisite dramatic pieces, "A Caprice," and died in Paris, May 2, 1857.