XXXI. Aiiykcnniitofiovie Experiments on theComhinatioris 

 of different Metals and Chlorine, &>€. By John Davy, 

 Esq. Communicated by Sir Hu.mphrv Daw, K?it. 

 LL.D. Sec.R.S. 



[Concluded from p. 91.] 



5. On the Relation ietiueen the Proportion of Oxygen and 

 Chlorine in Combination with several Metals. 



Jc^RRORS being very common in chemical analvscs, even 

 in those conducted most skilfully and carefully, all possible 

 means should be taken to discover them : and no means, 

 J think, promise to be more effectual for this purpose, than 

 the general analogy of definite proportions. From a creat 

 variety of facts, it appears that oxygen and chlorine com- 

 bine with bodies in the ratio of 7-3 to 33-6. With one 



part 



