1000000030

,er ¡cid in whi, h il

w~,

oil1'oh·e.l, Ini! join Ihe olher

",hieh

\V.I!

alhllJ. T hc (Ime Ihing h.'ppl ns when Ihe

marine aeid is cmplnyed inllc.d of Ihe I·ilriol,e.

Mereury eombint.l " id, f"iril of (,11 furon5 a fingn lar

body; a mm lline (,11 whi, h IhuolS inlo long eryll. 15,

poinletl I,kc d.&&ers. This fidl i, vol.llile, and fublimes

e31ily WilhoUl deeompor.lion.

is morcOI'er Ihe mol\

,·iolenl of all lhe eorrofi,'cs hilheno ¡Jileo'ercd by che·

mili, y. 11 is

e.lllc.I ,·~rr?fio,

fi/hlilllal.,

hee.lI

,fe il mull

ubf"lulcly be fuhlimeo 10

m.IK<

Ihe eombinalÍon pcrfett.

T hcrc

.11"

er.ll

"')5

of doing lhis: bUI Ihe opew iun

wili never f.i1, if Ihe mereu, y be w

er.co

inlo vapuurs

aml meel wilh Ihe marine aeid ,n a

r.mil~

1I.llc.

urroli' e fllblino.llc is .Iil1'ov"d by waler, bUI in very

{m,til qll.lnlilics unly.

is dccompulln.lcd by lixcd al·

k.,lis, wlltdl

pfCI:i plI~le

lhe mcrellry in a reddilh ycliow

powJcr, e,llIed, on ñeeounl of

liS

eolour,

1.·/1,," ¡nd·

pilalt.

corrofi_c fublimm be mixcd ",ilh lin, ano lhe eonl'

pm,nJ .1,1I,lIed, a li'luor COllllS Ol·tr, whiel, eomi nuJliy

cruill abuml"nec of denfe fnmes• •nd (,om lhe llame of

ils invenlor is e.llled Ihe

fi"Dnl(~

liq/l'"

l.iI'

./v ·ul.

1'his liqllor is no olher IhJO lhe IIn eombined wilh Ihe

IIw ,ne . id uf lhe corr ofi\'c fllblimne. \\hieh lhcrefore

il h31h ¡/lually .Ileomponnoed : " heoee 11 follulYs, lhal

Ihis ¡cid h' lh a gremr ,¡lfinily Wilh IIn Ih.1O IYllh Oler·

cury.

T he mnline aeid io eorrofi 'e fublimate is OOt quile fa·

turale.! lIilh mereury; bUl is"p,tble uf 1,

kin~ u~

a mlleh

ere.lIer quanul y Ihereor. For ,1 corroliv. Iublinmlc be

rnixc" ",jlh flelh mcreury, and fublimcd a fecooel time,

~oolhcr

eompouod will be produeed eontaining much more

mereury, and Id, .,crimoo,ous; fo, " hieh rc.lfoo il is

n.1mcd

['tIJUI fu'lillltJl(

wrr""'''J

1IJ' f(llrtlll

Ju/,;"

1f9u,l• •16a.

This eompJund otly be t.lkco inleroall)'.

gnd is purgalil'e or t;¡m le neeording 10 Ihe dofe admi·

nillerre!.

mt)' be ,collmd lI ill OIore eeotle by re·

l'Ulc.! fublim,lIions • •nd Ihen 11 1,Ikes Ihe litlc of

t.na

.tu ,..

,.:t"alu.

No IV,')' h, lh Iollherto beco fuuoo 10

d,lfoh'e meleu,

09'

" J!i,

wllholll ereJl d,lfi, ulty.

gnd Clt n lheo il is bUl Imp tle.'!l) d,l1'ohc11,

~I,r,ur

unlU . « Iil)' . II,l lnum

"ely

II'"h fnlphur. If

Ih<fe llVO lu"flJnclS he 001)' rul.b d lOg"h" ill

Ile

hw.

01 CICO \\ ilhlllll ,'0y heal, lhe)' IV,II cunu _lt ao

IInIOO, Ih u¡;h IoUI Jn iocon'plcle

~oe.

T IlOS eumhinalioo

,~,

Ihe furrlt of .\ blJcl puw.!e"

hidl h..s proeureJ 11

,l,e nJnle

.t::..

/,1

171',"

,,¡

.1mOle inlimlle

~od

pelee.'! uoioo be defire", lhis

compoun.! 1111111 be

t~p

.f\'ll

IIron~er

hM ; ano Ihen

,~\I

ponllerou. fuhll ,IO,( will

lubli,"" I• • Ipr, m ng

I l e .\ lI1.trs

ul ll"oio~

IIt. d"s : lllls os lhe

(onlbin~lion

li,.d,

~n,1

is CJI'"I

,14. /-."

1'1lhis fm m I,idl) os mero

lO'

f.·und ,n Ihe

I~I~

of Ihe c.trIh. CIO.IUH lillely

lellr.t:,d .Ic'l""" .1 mudl l'''rhlcr r " colour, ..1111 IS

Ln'I\\ n lo

IInh:tS

h\' th..:

n¡n,~

"vili

/J .

l lll 'lOr

"f:,

wl" llI' h fubh"ut,on, II nh"1Il ful1'.:r·

in~.,

d" ""II",liuu,,'; t..:clllfe lhe 1\\0 (uull.m"s uf

" lud, '1

unr.II

,,~.

ftl\l 'url' Jod f"l rhul• • \fe bUlh

, ,1'1,1..

huu~h

nl.lC'1

UOOlr ¡od

c~mbioc!

le,) \l llI " 0I1t

fui

~,ur,

... b¡lb (¡,; 'O

(~IJ,

lel

h Ih 1,[1 ¡lliDllY\lllh

Ihal mioeral Ihan aoy ollter metal, gold only exccpled :

wht nee il follows,

Ih.lt

aoy of Ihe olher metah will de·

comrounu cin.lbar, by uoiling lYilh il! ful phur, an.1 10

fcwog Ihe mereury alliberty lO appear in ils urual hll m.

M<reury Ihus feparaled from

(101~hur,

is efleemeo :he

purell, aod bears lhe oame of

mucu'l

rtvivijitd

J IOIN

rinaha,

Iroo is genm lly ufed io lhis operation prcfmbly 10

Ihe olhcr melals, hc.:aufeamong Ihemall il hus

ti"

g' Cdl'

efl a¡¡¡"ilY Wilh fulphur, and is the ooly ooe lhal ha.

oone wilh no ·I(ury.

e inabar

m.v

allo be dccompo"ndeel by meao, of r.xed

alk.li5; lhe a¡¡¡nily of Ihele 1.'''5 wilh lulphur beíng ge·

oe" lIy grcAler llun lhal of aoy mctallioc fubllaoee wllJ!'

ever.

Df ,be

M I·

TAL S.

REGU LUS

A NTI>lO NV.

RECULUS of aOlimony is a meldllie fubllaoce of a

prclly. b, iglll IVhile eúlour.

hAS Ihe

r~lcnJor,

op.cily,

aod grdVily 01• nom l ; bUI

is qu le uom, lIcdble, aod

clllonblel 10 dull • .nllo d of

y"hl"l~

or IIrc'ching lIoJer

lhe haonmcr; 00 whreh .reeounl

IS clJl1'ed "Ilh Ihe fe·

mi·mel.tll.

b':,~io,

10 0011' as fooo as il is moderalely reu; bUl ,

like lhe olher f:mi o¡;:Ials il n nOOI flAOd a viulem de·

eree of

r.re

; bciog Ihereby diflip.red ioro fmoke aod

while vIpours, whiehJdhere 10 r"eh cold bodie, A< lhey

mee! ",ilh, Mld fo are eolleéted inloa kiod of

[.,ina

e,¡jl·

ed Jl"'-"," ¡

o1llil/l"l)

Ir , gu"!! of anuonooy. inllead of beiog expofed 10 a

flrooe hre, beooly healed fo modermly lhal il Ihall 001

eveo mell, il wtll calcine. lofe il! phlo&,Ooo, aod lake

Ihe fOIm of

greyilh powder deOil"le of all

f~lendor :

lhis pOlVoe!' is

e.II~

c.I.'

Ol/II/'/M',

T itos c,tlx is nOI I'oldlle like Ihe regnlus, bUI will en·

dure a very . iollOl fire; aoJ bcing

e~pofed

lhmlo w,1I

01l1V, and luro 10 Aglafs of lhe yellolVllh eolour of a hy·

ac,nlh

is tObeobfer'ed, t1m lhe more lhe regulus i5de·

prilCd of il! I'hlogiflon byconunlled c. lcioAUUO, Ihe more

refr.l/lo,y os lhe" Ix ob"ioe.1from il. The glafs Ihrre·

of h s alf" lo much the Idi eolour, anu

CoOl~S

the oem r

cunllnoo gl_(s.

T oc e.1

~o.l lhe

gl. fs of aOlimony \ViII recover Iheir

mCI.lII,ne f." nl, I,ke cvery olher e .. I ano gl.f, of a o,e·

IJI, ,f rcouC\:.1by rcOoriog 10 them lheir 1011 phloA,iloo.

Vel, ir Ihe e,

llcio.lI;

OObe cm,eO lOO fdr , lheir redullioo

\ViII

beeom~ mll~h

mu,e d,flie,,", anJ a mueh fnlJller

qu,nlil1 of resullOs 11111 be ,dufIlIJl<d .

R'~lIllls

of Jnlin\\ln js

cap~ble

of d,flolriog Ihe me·

ral, ; bUI IU . llin,ul' wllh lhem are •.,iOIlS, .md J,;li r

ace"rJIIl~ l~ Ih~

fullol in uI1ler.

~lfed,

trun Ihe

oh,lI p"'HoIully, ne" cnrl'(f, theo IIn. 1'.1.1,

JO.!

fi h,·r.

p,omoles Ihc

fur.un

of mmls, bUI

Ih~OI ~II

bnllle .1n.1uonlJlk.lble,

1I IVIII nOI .m.I¡;_uutc lIilh

mcr~urv ;

and

Ih,'n.~h,

cen.in

rro.:en~"

p. rtI",l.rly lhe

~,"liuuo

uf lI .I1(r _nJ

eon\¡uu.d lnlUI,llioo, ..

I~II

uf DI n

b':I~ ,CD

thde

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