Chemical Nomenclature of Berzelius. 255 
Chlorous oxide.*(14) Protoxide of chlorine. 
Chlorous acid. ' Peroxide of chlorine. 
Chloric acid. 
Oxychloric acid.+ Perchloric acid. 
Carbonic acid. 
Boric acid. Boracic acid. 
Silicic acid. ilica. 
Selenic oxide. Oxide of selenium. 
Selenious acid. 
aci 
Arsenious scl! (16) | 
Arsenious aci 
rsenic acid, 
* Itis probable that this gaseous oxide of ses is the lowest sores of oxida- 
tion . oe . call it chlorous oxide, because there probal ably ex ists a chloric ox- 
ide, composed of equal volumes of chlorine and oxygen, not y d.— Ber 
zelius, 
(14) The views of Berzelius, in relation to the combinations of chlorine and oxy- 
gen, differ from those of the French and English chemists, except in relation to the 
protoxide and chloric acid. He regards the peroxide of chlorine, of Gay-Lussac and 
Davy, as an acid, (chlorous acid,) and _—— woe — exposed in its nascent state 
toa it bines with them, fc These salts have a peculiar 
acrid taste, and destroy organic colors. He further contends, that when a base is 
added directly to chlorous acid, it is not wholly resolved into chloric acid and chlo- 
rine, as is proved by adding pon Pancte acid, which liberates chlorous acid. The per- 
chlorie ss acid, Berzelius makes, after applying a correction to the analy- 
sis of Stadio of one volume of chlorine Shee ee of oxygen, but after- 
a RET: ee lates ae aaingats of Penrice which gives one volume of chlorine 
e use of the name could not aa avoided, since the term, chloric acid, has 
end ee cconai toa season te of oxidation, and could not be changed without in- 
Sey: folonks si is cad owing to the doubts thrown upon the experiment of 
Sementini. The number of the Journal of the Royal pcre of Grea t Britain 
for August, 1831, perm a reply of ‘Sima to the criticis Shier, and a 
method of preparing iodous acid and the oxide of iodine, by the direct union of iodine 
n.— Trans. : . i 
tie) rapulecs suboxide: the powder obtained by the exposure of metallic arse- 
nie fas oe air, and —_— ~ not usally regarded as pinnenayy compound. In the 
n e body of the work, 
tex: + 
by ‘ use of the term which has been substituted in this Stteilin — Trans. 
