Part 18 (1/2)

_Naill Nitro-ill

Ammoniac ammoniac

Oxyd of antimony antimony

silver silver

arsenic arsenic

Barytes barytes

Oxyd of bismuth bismuth

Lime lime

Oxyd of cobalt cobalt

copper copper

tin tin

iron iron

Magnesia anese

mercury mercury

old

platina platina

lead lead

Potash potash

Soda soda

Oxyd of tungstein tungstein

zinc zinc

_Note_--Most of these combinations, especially those with the earths and alkalies, have been little examined, and we are yet to learn whether they form a mixed salt in which the compound radical remains combined, or if the two acids separate, to form two distinct neutral salts--A

SECT XX--_Observations upon the Nitro-Muriatic Acid, and its Combinations_

The nitro-ia_, is formed by a mixture of nitric and ether, and for properties peculiar to itself, and distinct from those of all other acids, especially the property of dissolving gold and platina

In dissolutions of metals in this acid, as in all other acids, the en froeas not hitherto described, which reeable smell, and is fatal to animal life when respired; it attacks iron, and causes it to rust; it is absorbed in considerable quantity by water, which thereby acquires soht characters of acidity I had occasion toa course of experiments upon platina, in which I dissolved a considerable quantity of that metal in nitro-muriatic acid

I at first suspected that, in the mixture of nitric and en froenated old; but several facts remain inexplicable upon this supposition Were it so, wethis acid, which however does not sensibly happen From these considerations, I am led to adopt the opinion of Mr Berthollet, and to consider nitro-le acid, with a compound base or radical

TABLE _of the Combinations of Fluoric Acid, with the Salifiable Bases, in the Order of Affinity_

_Names of the Bases_ _Names of the Neutral Salts_

Linesia

Potash potash

Soda soda