238 Notices respecting New Booh. 



Chapter XI. — On the Classification of the Elementary Bodies. 

 — Classification of bodies. Classification of elements. 



Chapter XII. — Of the simple Non-metallic Bodies, and their Com- 

 pounds with each other. — Of oxygen. Gasometers. Preparation of 

 Oxygen. Its properties. 



Of Hydrogen. — Its preparation. Its properties. Hydroxygen blowpipe. 

 Hydrogen harmonicon. Chemical relation of hydrogen. Constitution 

 of water. Solution of gases in water. Chemical relations of water. 

 Various functions of water, in chemical combination. Mineral waters. 

 Peroxide of hydrogen. Preparation and properties of peroxide of hydro- 



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Of Nitrogen. — Preparation and properties of nitrogen gas. Atmospheric 



air. Analysis of air. Composition of the atmosphere. Atmospheric air 

 a mixture, and not a chemical compound. Constitution of the atmo- 

 sphere. Law of diffusion of gases. Permanency of constitution of the 

 atmosphere. Atmospheric pressure. Extent of the atmosphere. Poisson's 

 atmospheric theory. Production of clouds, dew, &c. Compounds of 

 nitrogen and oxygen. Nitrous oxide, its properties and composition. Pre- 

 paration and properties of nitric oxide. Hyponitrous acid. Nitrous acid. 

 Nitric acid. Natural and artificial production of nitric acid. Preparation 

 of nitric acid. Properties and constitution of liquid nitric acid. Detection 

 of nitric acid. Composition of nitric acid. 



Sulphur. — Sources, properties and preparation of sulphur. Relations of 

 oxygen to sulphur. Preparation and properties of sulphurous acid. Sul- 

 phurous acid. Sulphuric acid. Formation of sulphuric acid. Manufac- 

 ture of oil of vitriol. Anhydrous sulphuric acid. Hydrates of sulphuric 

 acid. Hyposulphurous acid. Hyposulphuric acid. Real constitution of the 

 compounds of sulphur and oxygen. Preparation and properties of sul- 

 phuretted hydrogen. 



Of Selenium, and its compounds with oxygen, hydrogen, &c— Prepara- 

 tion and properties of Phosphorus. Compounds of phosphorus and 

 oxygen. Phosphorous acid. Phosphoric acid. Phosphates of water. Salts 

 of phosphoric acid. Preparation and properties of phosphuretted hydro- 

 gen. 



Of Chlorine. — Preparation of chlorine. Bleaching power of chlorine. 

 Oxidizing power of chlorine. Compounds of chlorine and oxj'gen. Hypo- 

 chlorous acid. Chloric acid. Chlorous acid. Perchloric acid. Chloride 

 of hydrogen. Composition of muriatic acid. Muriatic acid. Liquid mu- 

 riatic acid. Nitro-muriatic acid. Chloride of sulphur. Chloride of phos- 

 phorus. 



Iodine.— Preparation of iodine upon the great scale. Properties of io- 

 dine. Iodic acid. Periodic acid. Hydriodic acid. Iodo-phosphuret of 

 hydrogen. 



Bromine. — Properties of bromine. Hydrobromic acid. Compounds of 

 bromine. 



Of Fluorine. — Hydrofluoric acid. 



Of Silicon.— Of silica. Of silicic acid. Chloride of silicon. Fluoride of 

 silicon. Hydrofluosilicic acid. 



Boron and boracic acid. — Chloride of boron. Fluoride of boron. Ge- 

 neral characters of the metals. 



Chaper XII. [XIII.] — Of the General Characters of the Metals, 

 and of their Compounds with the Non-metallic Bodies. — Malleability 

 and ductility. Compounds of the metals with oxygen. Classification of 

 the metals. Degrees of oxidation. Relation of the metals to chlorine. 

 State of the metals in nature. General principles of the reduction of the 

 metala. 



