XVI CONTENTS. 



ORDER IX. 



Metals in native platinum. 



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SECT. I. Platinum . . . . .680 



Oxides, chlorides, salts of Gros, &c. . 682 



SECT. II. Palladium .... 686 



Oxides, chlorides, cyanide, &c. . . 687 



SECT. III. Iridium . . 688 



Osmium . . . . .691 



SECT. IV. Rhodium . .693 



PART III. 

 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. 



CHAPTER I. 



Preliminary observations . . 697 

 Organic analysis . . .698 

 Modifications of organic compounds produced 



by artificial processes . . 708 



Distillation with an alkali . 709 



Dry distillation . . . . 711 



Action of oxygen eremacausis . . 712 

 Action of chlorine, its substitution for hydrogen, 



chemical types . 716 

 Transformations of organic substances, action 



of ferments . . . . 723 



Molecular theory of organic compounds 728 



CHAPTER II. 



Amylaceous and saccharine substances. 



SECT. I. Starch, amylin, amidin, starch granules of 



Jacquelain, iodide of starch . . 737 

 Dextrin, British gum, diastase, brewing, gluten, 



inulin, lichen starch . . . 742 



Cane-sugar, or ordinaiy sugar . 747 

 Caramel . . . . .750 



Metacetone . . . . ib. 



Saccharic acid . . . . "751 



Grape sugar, starch and diabetic sugar 752 

 Sulphosaccharic acid, sacchulmine, glucic and 



melassic acids 754 



