Library of Formatting Examples:Italics/24A

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<i>Gramme-Molecule.</i>--A gramme-molecule is the molecular
weight of a body expressed in grammes. Occasionally
for brevity a gramme-molecule is spoken of as a "molecule."
Thus we may say that the molecular weight of oxygen is
16 grammes, meaning thereby that there are the same
number of molecules in 16 grammes of oxygen as there are
atoms in 1 gramme of hydrogen.

<i>Concentration.</i>--The concentration of a solution is the
ratio between the quantity of the solute and the quantity of
the solvent. The concentration of a solution is expressed
in various ways. (<i>a</i>) The weight of solute dissolved in
100 grammes of the solvent. (<i>b</i>) The weight of solute
present in 100 grammes of the solution. (<i>c</i>) The weight
of solute dissolved in a litre of the solvent. (<i>d</i>) The weight of
solute in a litre of the solution. The most usual method is to

[Footnote 1: <i>Turkey</i>, 3, 1876, No. 1.]

Complete sentences

Each italicized term is a "complete sentence", so their periods go inside. The em-dashes go outside. In the second paragraph, parentheses go outside: only their contents is italicized ... even if they'd been printed in italics.