On the Atomic Theory. 



27 



Water is composed of two 

 atoms hydrogen, united 

 to one atom oxygen. 



Carbonic Oxide. 



Hy. 

 1. 



Oxy.l Hy. 

 16. 1. 



Carb. 

 12. 



Oxy. 

 16. 



Carbonic Acid Gas, is composed 

 of two volumes oxygen, united 

 to one volume of gaseous car- 

 bon, the three volumes conden- 

 sed into two ; or, the carbon in 

 uniting with the oxygen produ- 

 ces no increase in its bulk. 



Sulphurous Acid Gas, three 

 volumes condensed into two. 



Oxy. 



16. 



Carb. I Oxy. 

 12. 16. 



Oxy. 1 Sul. 

 16. J 32. 



Oxy. 



16. 



Hydro Chloric or 

 Muriatic Acid 

 Gas, no conden- 

 sation. 



Protoxide of Chlorine 

 or Euchlorine, three 

 volumes condensed 

 into two. 



Proto Carbureted 

 Hydrogen, three 

 volumes conden- 

 sed into one. 



Chi. 

 36. 



Hy. 

 l. 



Oxy. 

 16. 



Chi. 



36. 



Oxy. 



16. 



Hy.JCar. 

 1. 12. 



Hy. 

 1. 



Hydro Carbonic Oxide. This gas, 

 which burns with a green (blue?) 

 Per. Carb. Hydrogen, five vol- flame, may sometimes be distin- 

 umes condensed into two. guished in common fires. 



Hy. 

 1. 



Hy. 

 1. 



Carb. 

 12. 



Hy. Hy. 

 1. 1. 



Sulphuretted Hydrogen, three vol- 

 umes condensed into two. 



Hy. 

 1. 



Sul., Hy. 

 32. 1. 



Hy. [Carb. | Oxy. 



1. 1 12. | 16. 



Hy- 

 l. 





Cyanogen or C 

 Nitroge 



arbur 

 n. 



et of 





Carb. 

 12. 



Nit.l 

 14. J 



Atmospheric Air, is a chemical compound, in which four volumes 

 of nitrogen unite to one volume of oxygen, without condensa- 

 tion. 



Nitrous Oxide, three volumes 

 condensed into two. 





Nit. 

 14. 





Nit. 

 14. 



Oxy. 

 16. 



Nit. 

 14. 





Nit. 

 14. 





Nit. 

 14. 



Oxy. 

 16. 



Nit. 

 14. 



