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Chemical Nomenclature of Berzelius. 
SIMPLE SUBSTANCES. 
I. Merattors.(1) (Simple non metallic bodies, all electro- 
negative. 
Oxygen. Sulphur. Bromine. Carbon. 
Hydrogen. Phosphorus. Todine. oron. 
Nitrogen. Chlorine. uorine. Silicium. 
Il. Evecrro-Neeative Merats. 
Selenium. Molybdenum. Tellurium. 
Arsenic. Tungsten. Titanium. 
Chromium. Antimony. Tantalum.(2) 
Ill. Execrro-Posirive Merats. 
Gold. Copper. Cobalt. Magnesium. 
Platinum. Uranium. ron. alcium. 
Tridium. Bismuth. Manganese. Strontium. 
Osmium. in. erium. arium. 
Palladium. Lead. Zirconium. Lithium. 
jum. Cadmium. Yttrium. Sodium. 
Silver. inc. Glucinium. Potassium. 
Mercury. Nickel. Aluminium, 
NOMENCLATURE OF BINARY COMPOUNDS. 
The names of the binary combinations are formed by giving to 
one of the components the termination ide, or uret, forming the sub- 
body. _ On the subject of this class, Berzelius re- 
culiar and well marked 
characters. nce the 
r class 1 call by the name 
with the oa and electro-chem- 
. ) Metalloid, a non-metallic 
: “certain simpl 
wo classes, it w 
eg bodies may, with as much propriety, be ranked with the one 
This ae metalloid, from its derivation, (uéranrov, a 
metal, and en re 
would se mats 
The sense in 
reverse of this, = should be | well fi 
(2) Better known to = English ‘on American chemist as Columbium. —Trans. 
