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CHAPTER X 



NITRE, NITRIC ACID, AND NITROGEN . . . . 1 86 



CHAPTER XI 



MURIATIC ACID AND CHLORINE 2IO 



CHAPTER XII 



THE HALOGENS , . 233 



CHAPTER XIII 



THE DECOMPOSITION OF THE ALKALIS .... 257 

 CHAPTER XIV 



THE ATOMIC THEORY 2QI 



CHAPTER XV 



THE MOLECULAR THEORY 320 



CHAPTER XVI 



ATOMIC WEIGHTS OF THE METALS 360 



CHAPTER XVII 



MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE . . . . . .383 



CHAPTER XVIII 



THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE ELEMENTS .... 448 



CHAPTER XIX 



BALANCED ACTIONS 498 



CHAPTER XX 

 DISSOCIATION 514 



BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX . 539 



SUBJECT INDEX 565 



