e
TI
F.
I\I
combin~lions.
On Ih olher h:tnd, Mr 1,louin, ha, ing
fú rccd Ihe I'ilriolie
~cid
of IIIIS (,h 10 eOllllnne wllh .1
phlugillon, founJ il! b.llis In he <",hy,
~nd
:tnalú¡;lIu\
lú ¡(\JI of Ihe Ideni«s: whenee
h~
eondlll"'.!, 111.1 Ih.:
(dI
oi
lime is
~
true neulral f.1 ,
,,1'
Ihetuue kiud
dS
Ihe
Celeniles.
~Il'
H lluuin lells us h" Inun.! Cel'er.d ollter
[;11" in lime.
HU(
.IS none 01 IIt,n, \\·.s a lixeJ alb li,
ancl as all Ihe (,Iine
pr~p'",ics
of lime hal e . n . nioilY
\\'nh
Iltol~
of Ih,1I kin" of Call, Ihere is grt'.11re,lft", 10
Ihink Ihal all Ihole
Lltl
."e lilltigo
10
lime, "uJ
Ih~l
lhe;r uoion lI'idl il is I\"rely aeelllenlal.
Lane IIniles lI'ilh . 1I . ,:"Is, :UI.! 'o eonjllo,qioo wilh
lbemexh,bil! I·.rious phLllollleoa.
Th~
I'ilnolie .cid poure" unoo lim,: ,lilr.,II,(s il wilh
dielYeleenee , 011 hc.1\. Fromlhis 1\1I\lur,: Ihm' exhales
a greH 'I,,,omy of , "POU", in lilldl .tn'! eolour
I
erfe~lIy
J,ke Ihofe of fca·fall ; from whieh hOlle"er Iheyare
fOllod 10
be
I'er)' Jifl".:reol when wlleélcd in", .1l"III\,r.
F,
om Ihis eombinalinn of Ihe I'itriúlic acid \Vitll lime
;¡.
rif~s
a
neUlral C, II, whieh 010015 iOlO eryllal' . aod is of
Ihe (l me kinJ widl Ihe fclepilie fdll obldincd from lime
by
~I
r
~I.,lolllo.
The o:t rons .Ieid poureel upoo lime elifi'ol"es it in likc
manoer Wilh dTervef,:enec alld
he.ll: bUI Ihe folulino il
lr.mf".", OI, anel Ihucio
dill~'rs
frnm the fJrmer, whieh
is opaqoe. FroOl this mixlure Ihere ariCes a neo",1
lilh, willeh does nOI
(1
)'II JlliLe, aod 1m wilhallhe very
(¡ogular propcrt)' of bciog
",IOIiI<.
.o.! rifing whully by
dit!IHalion in a liquid fnrlll. T his phenomeoon is
Co
mlleh Ihe more rentJrkable, as lime, Ihe b.,fis
oC
Ihis
f.h, is ooe
oc.
lhe molllixed bodies koown in chemillry.
Wilhlhe acid of Cca C. ll lime Corms alfo a fingular Con
of C. ll, whieh greedily imbiblS Ihe moillure of Ihe air
We fhJHha,," oec. fion 10
I.kefunher
n~tice
of it in ano
other place.
Lime applied to fixed alkJlis adds eonfiderably
10
lheir
caullic
qll~lily,
ami mak,s Ihem more penemling and
aéli' e. Ao alkalioc lixi, ium in whieh lime halh
b~en
hoiled, be,og el'aporated
10
drioeCs, forms a I'ery eaunie
fubll.lIlec, which
O
lOS io Ihe firc mueh more cafil y, al–
traéls and rel.ios moilluremllehmore nroogly. Ihanfixed
~lk,lis
lhal have 001 beco
Co
uealeJ. An alkali Ihus a–
cuated by lime is caHed lhe
cOl/jlic
jI?/J<,
or
polol/ial
cOlllt'J',
becallCe il
15
employeel by Curgeoos 10 proJuce
efchars
OAIhe Ikioaod eaulerize il.
Of Metal/ir S/lkf/al/ceJ
ill
gel/eral_
~[ F TAL L' C
Cubllanees are hw'y, glimring, opaque,
fufiblc
bodi~s. Th~y
eonfill cltiefly oCa , i" ifi.ble WIIt
uniled wilh Ihe phlogifion.
Sel·cr.d chcmills ,ofill 00 a third principie in IhcJC bo·
Ji~l.
¡nel have
~lYen
il Ihe name of
1/I"""iol rnl'lh ;
1·.IIICh , aecoro,ng
10
Beeher .nJ Slaltl, is Ihc vc,·y
C.m~
t~.,l
heioz eomb,oed wilh
I~e
"itriolic aeid forms aod
c1••
" ,:lc"C" lhe aei,1of fca·
I.II. The w flcnce of lhis
prll'lI?le halh nOl yel beeo Jemonllralcd by aoy decilive
ex"crimcm; hOI we 0..
11
OIlW
thal Ihm: are prcny
lI rung re, foos for adll1iltÍog il.
Wc
(h.1I hcgio wilh meotivniog,heexpcrimenls whielt
VO L.
11 ,
.NuDlb·33 .
3
s
T
Y.
77
prlll'e mel.IHir
rlll,n~om
\O
eo"r.11 of .1 rir,ifi.,hle rwn
unilrJ Wllh Ihe pl'¡ugl'iun.
1
he lidl " ,h,,: if Ihe)' be
c,lIdo,
el
in
flleh
.t
OI:UlnCr
at;
lO
han'
110
l'flllUIlIIIIII
.triu"
wilh .Ioy ioll lOlIlI.",le lIIaUlf,
ti"
y 11\'1 hc 11'",lcd pf
,11
tlu.!ir
prupLltll'S, .tllJ
rCllutld
t"
,In l.toh (11
rillx, thi-tt
ha, olllher Ihe Ipleod,,"r lIor II,e ,It.flilily of a
",~I.".
aod io .' tlrooA
li, ~
IUrtlS
10
an a/1o,1 &1,1,
intle.tI,,1'
lIowiog 1,I.e " m".1.
Thc kellod
'1,
Ihal lhe
e~lx
or Ihe r,la(s rcfllltingfrolO
a IIIrlal tllUS decollll".kd. rleOI'ers . .11 ,., nll t. lline pro–
p'ruc~
hy bClOg fu" d in in:OI"di"e nH'I... ' II'lIh . o ,n–
IIdllllll.,bl"
Cnbll.ln,:~, ear~blc
of rdl"flng lite "1.luC,llo,,
of ",fllch C,llclOatioo hall dcpril'ed
'1.
On IIns Ilcc.lfioo
11'.
mllll obf"ve.
dial
ehemi!ls ha"c
001 yel becn ahlc,
by
.J,hoC Ihe phln:" Uon,
\O
s"·C
Ihe
P"'I'"
lilS "f OI(\al, 111 .111 r"1IS 01 Ylll
ili.lhlce.lnh, iodir·
crill1 o:lIcly, bUl lOfueh 001)· as onc,o.llI)' nwlc • p, n
,,1'
(,'lIIe lIIelOllhe body. For e•.IO'pl., a cOlllpoII",1eaoooc
be lII.ule \Vilh lhe rhlngil!oo .od f, od Ihal fh, lI have Ihe
le~1I
rd'OIhlaoce ut' a nl\"I: Jod tllIS i, wh,,1feelll!
lO
po,O( 0111 Ihe rtal, y 01' a Ihird prinei"le as necc!ldry to
rorOl Ihe mCla:Jioe eombin;tiun. TltlS principie m"y
prolmbly reOldlO IIoileJ ",ilh Ihe vilrifi" bJeem h of
a
0" –
IJllie fubll,o,.e, wheo ,cdllcc.!
10
a
glds ; ",henre il fui–
Inws, lh.l Cueh "itrl"ed OIC1i1ls require ooly Ihe addili"o
of a phlogifloo lO eo.lble lhem 10 ,Ippe.r
ag.ioio Ihtir
r,illioe IUIIll.
I!
may be :nferred frolO another expe,ioleo , Ihn the
calx aod lhe Al.tls of a lOeral are 001il' pure vllflfi2\,1.
e.mh,propcrlyCo e.dlell : fur by repedled or loog eoo–
tioued ealc,oaliúos, I¡,eh
a
calx or glals ma: be reodaed
iocapable of eler reComiog Ihe mel. llioe form, 'o whal
ever O1dOOer Ihe phlogiflun be . ftlfW.uds 'pplied
10
il ;
fo Ihal by lhis me,os
11
is broughl iOlo Ihe cooJi,ioo 01'
a pu,e vilrifi:lblc e:trlh, ablolulc\y free from .oy nux–
turc.
Wheo by addiog Ihe phlogilloo 10 a OIetallic CIaCs, \Ve
nll~re
il 10 Iht' f"rlll of a llIelal, we
He
C"d
10
redllC<,
refll/etl(/Ie.
or
NOitif¡
thal mela\.
MClallic CubllAoees
!Fe
of
diff~rent
kiods, aod are di–
vid~J
iOlO
,.:Ia/¡
!lod
/c·lI/
i.II/(I. II.
Thor~
are called merals, whieh. befiues,heir melaHioc
rple",loraod apl'em ncc, !lre
alto
m!llle,lble ; tlw is, Itave
!he propeny 01([, elehiog uoder Ihe hamm('r.
ThuCe which Im'e 001)' lhe tn"allioe fpleodor aod ap·
pear.lnce, withOIll m!llk.bilily. are ealled
C~oll·Olelals.
~ I etals
alCo.trt f\lflher C\lbJiviJed imo two fúrt5;
.iz.
perldl
and
i/llI"~/<{/
lIlel. .!s.
The perU1 OIelAls are Iltore whieh C\lfi'er 00 d:tOlage
or eh.,nge whalclI'f by
Ih~
moa violeol aod moa IJlling
aéliun of fire.
The imperfeél Olelals !lre Ihore whieh by lhe force
oC
fire maybedepril'ed tlf Iheír I'hlogiaon, anJ
eooCe~\le\ltly
of lheir olelallioe fortn .
Whco
a
mod~r:tle de~ree
of fire ooly is cmployed 10
el,!"
il'~
amm l of ill
I'hl,,~ifloo,
Ihe mc,,1 is r;,id 10 be
c"lá/lld:
,0,1Ihéo il apl'e",s io Ihu f, rmof
l
powdc,cd
eanh, whieh is edled a
eolx ;
dod
tllIS
mmllinc
e.bebeiog expured
10 ,
Olore ,iolem
deJ,.~e
oC
Circ,
Illelts anel
turns 10 Ul, rs .
.
t
U
1I1crallie