LANGUAGE. 



HI 



AefHMtir* Plural o/ NauM. 



Pratnt Taut o/o Verb. CHCOE FOBM, SfAa or Sla or perJiap* Stan (Of. our iland). 



Promt Tout of the Verb ' To Girt,' CRUDE FORM, (Da or rather Dan). 



Preteml Tetite of the Verb ' To Be. 1 CRUDE FORM, At or Jit. 



i'HIC ACID (.H.N.OJ. A peculiar acid obtained by 

 UM aetiod of (ermcraOKle of potaaaium upon uric acid. It ia iirobablr 

 klMliaal with alUnturic acid. 



- KT LIGHT. 1 



S TKHX. llAUIC. (Uoic I.ATTKIIK ] 



LAKTHANIUM (U). A metal diaoorered In 1889 by Moaander, 

 In wbat had Um prvriotMly auppoaed to be . 

 H callH it Uathanitiin. from Ita having ao lnj ewaped 



('< lie A/'i/V It is prepared by calcining the mixed nitrate* 

 of cerium and lantlmiimn ; by this the oxide of cerium becomes in- 

 soluble in dilute acids, and the oxide uf lanthaniuin, which ia a power- 

 ful base, may be extracted by nitric acid diluted with 1 00 parts of water ; 

 when an alkaline carbonate ia added to the nitrate of lantlianium, 

 the carbonate of the nu-Ul in j.ic. i|.it;itfl. (Kidi- of hull 

 ia not reduced to the state of metal by ixitaxfiiuin, 1m' 

 aeparaUa a gray metallic powder from the chloride of lantlianium, 



