upon oxygenized and hyperoxygenized muriatic Acid, &c. vgj 
existence of oxygenized muriates. Therefore : If muriatic acid, 
or if hyperoxygenized muriatic acid, be brought in contact with 
ammonia, the result will be muriate, or hyperoxygenized mu- 
riate, of ammonia. But, if the acid, disengaged by sulphuric 
acid, from a mixture of black oxide of manganese and muriate 
of soda, be sent through ammonia, both are decomposed. 
Hence it is evident, that the acid combines with the alkalis, in 
the state of oxygenized muriatic acid ; and that the separation 
into muriate and hyperoxygenized muriate, is produced by a 
subsequent action, among the elements of oxygenized muriate of 
potash. 
Upon the whole, it appears to me fair to conclude, 
ist. That the salts of this genus do really exist, previous to 
the formation of hyperoxygenized muriate of potash. 
sd. That the affinity exercised by hyperoxygenized muriatic 
acid for ammonia, and (by very strong analogy) for the other 
bases, is much greater than that of oxygenized muriatic acid. 
For, hyperoxygenized muriatic acid, as shall presently be shewn, 
having a much more powerful action upon all combustible 
bodies, whether simple or compound, than oxygenized muriatic 
acid, it would be natural to suppose that the former acid would 
act more powerfully upon the inflammable element of ammonia. 
But oxygenized muriatic acid combines with the hydrogen of 
that alkali ; which, however, is not decomposed by hyperoxy- 
genized muriatic acid; yet the affinity of hyperoxygenized 
muriatic acid for ammonia, is the only cause that determines the 
union of the acid and the alkali, without decomposition. But 
these affinities shall be more fully treated of, in speaking of 
hyperoxygenized muriate of ammonia. 
MDCCCIL 
T 
