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part of it being diffipated in every ope- 

 ration. 



I found the fame thing hold in other 

 acid liquors, as fpirit of fea fait, fpirit 

 of vinegar, the acid of tartar, &c. which 

 I joined to alcaline falts, and recovered 

 the acid by diftillation. Thefe, and fome o- 

 ther experiments of the like nature, which 

 I have not yet had leifure to confider in 

 their full extent, I fliall take another op- 

 portunity to lay before the fociety. In 

 the mean time I fhall proceed to make 

 fome 



Remarks on Precipitation, 



By precipitation is meant the parting 

 or feparating the fmall particles of a dif- 

 folved body from the folvent liquor by 

 means of a third body, folid, or fluid ; 

 which is therefore called the precipi- 

 tant. 



There is indeed another manner of 

 parting the diffolved body from the fol- 

 vent, which is fometimes, though lefs 

 properly, called precipitation; when, by 



drawing 



