BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX 541 



1785. "Analysis of the Volatile Alkali." Ammonia decom- 

 posed by chlorine, 261 ; by oxide of gold in aurum 

 fulminans, 261; by sparking, 262; nitrous oxide 

 from ammonium nitrate, 79, 260 



178$. "On Dephlogisticated Marine Acid." Pyrolusite 

 decomposed by heat, 211 ; chlorine water, 213 ; 

 chlorine hydrate, 214 ; chlorine water decomposed 

 by light, 214; chlorine an oxide, 214 ; chlorine not 

 an acid, 219 



1787. "On Prussic Acid." Composition of prussic acid, 243. 



1787. System of Chemical Nomenclature. See under 



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1788. '' Observations on some Combinations of the Dephlo- 



gisticated Marine Acid, or of Oxygenated Muriatic 

 Acid." Preparation and properties of chlorate of 

 potash, 227 



1789. "Bleaching of Cloths and Yarn by Oxygenated 



Muriatic Acid." Chlorine as a bleaching agent, 228 

 1796. " On Sulphuretted Hydrogen." Sulphuretted hydrogen 



an acid, 176; phosphoretted hydrogen not an acid, 



181 

 1799. Laws of Chemical Affinity. Mass action, 501 ; balanced 



actions, 503 ; influence of precipitation, 504, and 



vaporisation, 508 

 1803. Essay on Chemical Statics. Variable proportions, 299, 



in oxides of lead and iron and in sulphides, 300 

 1809. Density and composition of carbonic oxide, 139, 143 



BERZELIUS, JONS JACOB, b. 1779 ; d. 1848, Stockholm. Pro- 

 fessor of Medicine and Pharmacy at Stockholm 



1803. "Galvanic Experiments," by Hisinger and Berzelius. 

 Salts decomposed by electrolysis, 273 ; ammonia 

 decomposed, 265 



1808. " Electrochemical Researches on the Decomposition 

 of the Alkalis of the Earths," by Berzelius and 

 Pontin. Ammonium amalgam, 265 



1811 "Research to Determine the Fixed and Simple 



-12. Proportions in which the Constituents of Inorganic 

 Nature are Combined with One Another" (repr. 

 Ostwald's Klassiker der Exakten Wissenschaften, 

 No. 35). Law of multiple proportions, 306 ; law of 

 reciprocal proportions tested, 317. Composition of 

 sulphides of iron, 174, 307 ; oxides of lead, sulphur, 

 copper and iron, 307 ; sulphates and sulphites, 375 ; 

 potassium chlorate, 377 ; chalk, 378 ; lead nitrate, 

 379 



