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TABLE of the Combinations of Succinic Acid, 273

SECT. XXXIV.—Observations upon Succinic Acid, and its Combinations with Salifiable Bases, 274

SECT. XXXV.—Observations upon Benzoic Acid, and its Combinations with Salifiable Bases, 275

SECT. XXXVI.—Observations upon Camphoric Acid, and its Combinations with Salifiable Bases, 276

SECT. XXXVII.—Observations upon Gallic Acid, and its Combinations with Salifiable Bases, 277

SECT. XXXVIII.—Observations upon Lactic Acid, and its Combinations with Salifiable Bases, 278

TABLE of the Combinations of Saccholactic Acid, 280

SECT. XXXIX.—Observations upon Saccholactic Acid, and its Combination with Salifiable Bases, 281

TABLE of the Combinations of Formic Acid, 282

SECT. XL.—Observations upon Formic Acid, and its Combinations with the Salifiable Bases, 283

SECT. XLI.—Observations upon the Bombic Acid, and its Combinations with the Salifiable Bases, 284

TABLE of the Combinations of the Sebacic Acid, 285

SECT. XLII.—Observations upon the Sebacic Acid, and its Combinations with the Salifiable Bases, 286

SECT. XLIII.—Observations upon the Lithic Acid, and its Combinations with the Salifiable Bases, 287

TABLE of the Combinations of the Prussic Acid, 288

SECT. XLIV.—Observations upon the Prussic Acid, and its Combinations with the Salifiable Bases, 289


PART III.

Description of the Instruments and Operations of Chemistry, 291

INTRODUCTION, 291

CHAP. I.—Of the Instruments necessary for determining
    the Absolute and Specific Gravities of Solid and Liquid Bodies, 295

CHAP. II.—Of Gazometry, or the Measurement of the Weight and Volume of Aëriform Substances, 304

SECT. I.—Of the Pneumato-chemical Apparatus, ibid.

SECT. II.—Of the Gazometer, 308

SECT. III.—Some other methods for Measuring the Volume of Gasses, 319

SECT. IV.—Of the method of Separating the different Gasses from each other, 323

SECT. V.—Of the necessary Corrections of the Volume of Gasses,
    according to the Pressure of the Atmosphere, 328

SECT. VI.—Of the Correction relative to the Degrees of the Thermometer, 335

SECT. VII.—Example for Calculating the Corrections
    relative to the Variations of Pressure and Temperature, 337

SECT. VIII.—Method of determining the Weight of the different Gasses, 340

CHAP. III.—Description of the Calorimeter, or Apparatus for measuring Caloric, 343

CHAP. IV.—Of the Mechanical Operations for Division of Bodies, 357

[Pg xlviii] SECT. I.—Of Trituration, Levigation, and Pulverization, ibid.

SECT. II.—Of Sifting and Washing Powdered Substances, 361

SECT. III.—Of Filtration, 363

SECT. IV.—Of Decantation, 365

CHAP. V.—Of Chemical means for Separating the Particles of Bodies
     from each other without Decomposition, and for Uniting them again, 367

SECT. I.—Of the Solution of Salts, 368

SECT. II.—Of Lixiviation, 373

SECT. III.—Of Evaporation, 375

SECT. IV.—Of Cristallization, 379

SECT. V.—Of Simple Distillation, 384

SECT. VI.—Of Sublimation, 388

CHAP. VI.—Of Pneumato-chemical Distillations, Metallic Dissolutions,
     and some other operations which require very complicated instruments, 390

SECT. I.—Of Compound and Pneumato-chemical Distillations, ibid.

SECT. II.—Of Metallic Dissolutions, 398

SECT. III.—Apparatus necessary in Experiments upon Vinous and Putrefactive Fermentations, 401

SECT. IV.—Apparatus for the Decomposition of Water, 404

CHAP. VII.—Of the Composition and Use of Lutes, 407

CHAP. VIII.—Of Operations upon Combustion and Deflagration, 414

SECT. I.—Of Combustion in general, ibid.

SECT. II.—Of the Combustion of Phosphorus, 418

SECT. III.—Of the Combustion of Charcoal, 422

SECT. IV.—Of the Combustion of Oils, 426

SECT. V.—Of the Combustion of Alkohol, 433

SECT. VI.—Of the Combustion of Ether, 435

SECT. VII.—Of the Combustion of Hydrogen Gas, and the Formation of Water, 437

SECT. VIII.—Of the Oxydation of Metals, 441

CHAP. IX.—Of Deflagration, 452

CHAP. X.—Of the Instruments necessary for Operating upon Bodies in very high Temperatures, 460

SECT. I.—Of Fusion, ibid.

SECT. II.—Of Furnaces, 462

SECT. III.—Of increasing the Action of Fire, by using Oxygen Gas instead of Atmospheric Air, 474


APPENDIX.

No. I.—Table for Converting Lines, or Twelfth Parts of an