33* COMBINATION OF MERCURY 



J. II. Schuhe*, Malouinf, H. Ludolf}, A. 

 "Rudigcr , Macquer |j, J. R. Spiclmann ff, 

 Baume J{, L. J. D. Suckow {$, and feveral o- 

 thcrs. 



viii. What Mode of Preparation is the be/I. 



WE have thus enumerated ulmofl all the chief 

 methods of preparing corrofive fublimate; but, 

 if we compare them with each other, in refpcft 

 of profit and expence, we (hall find them not all 

 of equal merit and importance. We fliall take 

 no notice of the late boa fled difcoveriesof a IV 

 rifian apothecary, in the preparation of this me- 

 tallic fait with the acid of milk, as their incon- 

 Jiilency with known principles in nature is their 

 flrongell condemnation. In Sweden, but a 

 fmall quantity of corruiive fublimate is prcj)ar- 

 ed, which is a circumllance much to our difad- 

 vantage, as we are not only obliged to purchafe 

 it from abroad, but alfo ex poled to the rilk of re- 

 ceiving it adulterated with arfcnic, the mod 

 dangerous of poilbiib, than which nothing can 



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* Clicm.Vc-fucliC. 



f Ciicm. medic. 



"J: Einlcit. in t!ie chcm. 1752. 



Syfumat. Aril, zur allgcm. chcm. 1756. 



J| lilcmcns de chcraie prstujuc, torn i. 



f f Eltm. chcm. 1763 



|t Manuel dc clian-c, I 763. 



CJ rh)Tu r clic Stlniduikunfl, 1769. 



