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oxides of cerium, composed of '00 ™f™' + '25.115 -2 ; 3; 

 r ""'It ^7.!ll"aSf:xide^:r 2 *e ,„w"st Kopon,ona 

 rreg« ts"4-"tt la,s ;' and ^Y Us n,ea„s the w.gM o 

 the atom of cerium is determined as 1/ 41 . lUU .. ^ , 



Schcubert, the forme.- <=™-f ? V„"» "™ ' Thtse numbe,^are 

 S,lt:-arofl3 ritk is thS,-e, a aeut„x,de andto 



of the atom will be found twice as great, oi - lo x -. 

 nearly. 



Table of Proportional Numbers. 



The numbers ^'>^^2:^J^Z:^^:l^^ 

 because they express the ratio m w.n^ 



nvrdiSifoj;:x:xo .^^^^^^^^^^^ 



proportional numbers 1 ^"^^^ ^7' ''; •,„^'f bv addino- 1 to it 

 U is the proportion^ n^^er ;^ -^^^^^Ume^; and if 

 for oxygen, we get 3 52 whicti is xi sulphuric acid, 



to this last there be added 5, ^/^^^J^/'P^^^g^ of sulphate of 

 we shall get 8-62, the proportional number oi s p 



lime, &c. 



