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368 Chemical Notation of Laurent and Giyprharlt, 
n the same manner the tribasic acids are deffoted with ites 
seaieiiniie of basic hydrogen, (H,,) as in the féltowing ex- 
amples. 
Berzelian notation. 
‘ 3C ,H,0,,2H,O 
Acid citrate of potash, 3C, o ‘0, /KO+H,0 
aan oe of ‘ 30 ,H,0,,2KO 
3KO 
Citric acid, 
Third citrate of 
eh bee H, ,O 
11) 
Pd 
Our atti: “sn 
C,H,O,(H,)- 
C,H,0.(KH,) 
C,H,O,(K,H) 
C,H,0,(K;) 
By me sods we represent the mineral acids also with H, H, or 
H,, according as they are monobasic, bibasic, or tribasic. 
ost chemists denote organic substances by formulas which 
all these formulas, when they 
are exact, may be divided by two and represented in our notation. 
finish this introduction by a table of the proportional numbers 
of the principal simple bodies, with the numerical value that is 
are double those adopted by us, but 
ascribed to them in our notation, 
Hat; : 
H Hydrogen, . 1: 6:25 
Li — . 64 40°16 
Bo 
Magnesium, 12: + 75-00 
C 
Mg 
Al 
N 
Si 
Fl 
Ca 
Na 
Cr Chromium, » 26> 162°50 
Fe 2 
Mn 
Ni 
Co 
Cu 
Ss 
6g 
Zn 
Chlorine, 
Potassium, . 
Strontium, . 
mo 
Apthipony, . 
Tellurium, 
oid, 
Bismuth, 
