VI CONTENTS. 



PART II. 



INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. 

 CHAPTER I. 



REMARKS ON SPECIFIC GRAVITY, NOMENCLATURE, ETC. 



Specific gravity - . - _ . . -28 



Chemical nomenclature ... . - . 29 



Chemical affinity - . . . . . -31 



The atomic theory - .-.--. 32 



Section I. — SrMPLE Non-Metallic Bodies. 



Oxygen - . . . . . . .32 



Theory of combustion ----- . 33 



Hydrogen - - - . - . . -34 



Nitrogen ----.--35 



Compounds of nitrogen with oxygen - - - - 37 



Carbon ---.-.-. 39 



Compounds of carbon with oxygen - - - - - 39 



Sulphur - ... --..40 



Compounds of sulphur and oxygen - - - - - 41 



Selenium -.-.--.42 



Phosphorus - - . - . - . - 42 



Compounds of phosphorus and oxygen - . - . 43 



Boron - . . - . - . -44 



Silicon --- -.--.44 



Clilorine - - - - . . - - 45 



Compounds of chlorine with oxygen . - . - 46 



Iodine - - - - - - - -46 



^ Bromine ...--.-47 



Fluorine - - - - - - - -47 



Compounds of some of the foregoing substances with each other. 



Hydrochloric or muriatic acid - - - - - 47 



Hydriodic acid -..-.--48 

 Hydrobromic acid - - - - - . -48 



Hydrofluoric and fluosilicic acid - - . - 48 



Hydrogen and nitrogen— ammonia - - - - - 49 



Hydrogen and sulphur — hydrosulphuric acid - - - 50 



Compounds of carbon and hydrogen - - - . - 51 



Compounds of nitrogen and carbon .... 52 



Cyanogen and hydrogen — prussic acid - - - - 53 



