TAB. XVI. 



ARGENTUM capillaceum. 

 Capillary Silver. 



Class 3. Metals. Ord. 1. Ductile, 

 Gen. 3. Silver. Spec. 1. Native Silver. 



Div. 2. Imitative. 



Gen. Char. The whitest of all known metals, very 

 malleable, and sonorous ; specific gravity before 

 hammering, 10*474; after, 10*510. Dissolves 

 readily in nitric acid, and may be precipitated 

 from it by copper, iron, or zinc. Remains in fusion 

 at 28 9 of Wedgewood, but requires a greater 

 heat to fuse it. 

 Spec. Char. Ductile with but a small proportion of 



alloy. 

 Syn. Argentum nativum. Waller, v. 2. 328. Linn, 

 Syst. ed. 12. v. 3. 148. 

 Native silver. Kirwan, v. 2. 108. Bab. 146. 

 Gediegen silber. Emmerling, v. 2. 153. 

 Argent natif. Haiiy, v. 3. 384. 



In June 1799, soon after the discovery of native silver in 

 the Herland copper mine, in the parish of Gwinear, about 

 7 miles from St, Michael's Mount; I had the pleasure of 



