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EUPION (Gr. eu, well, rhea, fat)

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 900 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EUPION (Gr. eu, well, See also:rhea, See also:fat)  , a See also:hydrocarbon of the See also:paraffin See also:series, probably a pentane, C5H12, discovered by,K . See also:Reichenbach in See also:wood-See also:tar . It is also formed in the destructive See also:distillation of many substances, as wood, See also:coal, caoutchouc, bones, See also:resin and the fixed See also:oils . It is a colourless highly volatile and inflammable liquid, having at zo° C. a specific gravity of o.65 .

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