GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 4-63 



C 2,3 are multiples of i atoms of hydrogen. Of 

 these 6 are acids, 8 bases ; 2 supporters, 3 acidi- 

 fiable combustibles, and 6 alkalifiable. 



50 are multiples of an atom of oxygen, and 

 consequently whole numbers. Of these 15 are 

 acids, 14 bases, 1 supporter, 9 acidifiable com- 

 bustibles, and 11 alkalifiable combustibles. 



12. It is obvious that all those bodies whose 

 atomic weights are represented by whole num- 

 bers are multiples of the atomic weight of oxy- 

 gen. 



18 simple bodies are in this predicament, 

 namely, 



Boron, Columbium, Cadmium, 



Silicon, Uranium, Palladium, 



Sulphur, Sodium, Bismuth, 



Tellurium, Copper, Platinum, 



Selenium, Potassium, Lead, 



Molybdenum, Zirconium, Titanium. 



Most of the compounds of these bodies (to the 

 amount of 28) are also whole numbers, and of 

 course multiples of oxygen. This is the case 

 also with three combustible acids ; namely, uric, 

 saclactic, and benzoic. 



13. There are five or six of the simple bodies whether i 

 which we have found to combine both with 1 



atom and with H atom of oxygen. This ano- 

 maly, I have no doubt, will startle many of my 

 readers, and may even induce several persons to 

 reject the whole system without farther exami- 



