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M, BerzeJius on Hydracids, 



[Sept. 



Article III. 



On Hydracidsj and their Combinations with Saline Bases, 

 By Dr. J. Berzelius.* 



By the term hydracid, we understand a combination of a 

 simple or compound body with hydrogen, which, although des- 

 titute of oxygen/ possesses all the essential characters of the 

 oxygenous acids. Hydracids must be regarded, therefore, as 

 constituted of hydrogen and a peculiar radical, which, as isjhe 

 case with the oxygen acids, may be either simple or compound. 

 In consequence of this dissimilarity, they naturally dividfi.ti^^m^ 



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• From Larbok i Kemicn, Andra Delen, Andra Upplagan ; Appendix hivi, ' 



