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ment, if one is from each of the classes. It is formed by 

 the termination ic or ous. The substantive part of the 

 name is formed by affixing to the other element the termi- 

 nation acid, if the compound will unite with bases and form 

 salts, otherwise the syllable ide. Thus we have mercuric 

 chloracid, (Horn Quicksilver,) and zincic sulphide, (Blende.) 

 The different proportions in which any two elements com- 

 bine, are expressed by the prefixes, hypo, hyper and per in 

 the usual manner. The particle sur is prefixed to the sub- 

 stantive in the non-acid compounds of the Amphigen ele- 

 ments, when the electro-negative element exists in too large 

 a proportion to enable them to act the part of bases ; and 

 the particle sub, when it is in too small a proportion. 



Numerals are seldom used, except in the salts. They 

 are prefixed to the substantive part of the name, unless 

 they refer to the whole compound expressed by both adjec- 

 tive and substantive, in which case they are affixed to the 

 adjective. The number of atoms of the substantive ele- 

 ment are expressed by the Latin numerals, bis, ter, quater, 

 &c. ; that of the adjective element, by the Greek numerals, 

 dis, tris, &c. Several atoms of both base and acid are 

 expressed by a prefix, formed by combining the Latin and 

 Greek numerals. 



The names of the salts are formed as follows: The ad- 

 jective of the name of the salt is derived from the adjective 

 of the name of the base, and the substantive from the name 

 of the acid, by changing the termination acid into ate if the 

 adjective ends in ic, but into ite if it ends in ous, and prefix- 

 ing to these terminations the initial syllable or syllables of the 

 acidified substance. 



For the sake of brevity, the distinguishing prefix ox in 

 the oxncids is dropped ; consequently the name for Coppe- 



