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with the dortri 

 the action of si 



oxYgenmayhe A\ 



existing in the 

 the compositioi 

 oxvgen, or it is 1 

 of oxygen beint 

 nation with the 

 last principle a 

 appears from i 

 of lead : this q 

 is therefore to ' 

 proportion of 

 quantity of aci 

 gen SS-59, hy 

 26-5 of carboi 

 tions almost th 

 fording a coinc 

 vestigation thai 

 There can tl 

 Lon to oxygen 

 The sole differ, 

 gen which the 

 the corresponc 

 other acids ; ai 

 acids, and to 

 explained the < 

 The compo\ 

 lead, ought to < 

 like the hydros 

 base, be comb 

 water. The s 

 r^ehus, must bt 

 and its presenc 

 some portion < 

 the acid, as nee 

 radical. Insul 

 reason to infei 

 first assigned, 

 exist in real ox 

 as a difficulty i 

 he remarked, c 

 tity of hydrogt 

 the proportion 

 of carbon, and 



