A syllabus of a course of chemical lectures read at Guy's Hospital / By William Babington and William Allen.

  • William Babington
Date:
1802
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Credit: A syllabus of a course of chemical lectures read at Guy's Hospital / By William Babington and William Allen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    mins—\$ infoluble in Water and not affected by Alkalies, whether pure or carbonatec], even by the affiftance of heat—Unites readily with Acids with which it forms compounds having little or no tafte, and on this account has re- ceived its name* Of METALS. Found generally in the clefts or fifTures of ftony or other ftrata, forming what are called Metallic Veins ; or in indeterminate MaJJes ; or in Beds; or dejfeminated through other fub- ftances. In thefe inftances they are either native; or alloyed with each other j or in different ftates of Oxydation; or mineralized with cer- tain combuftible bodies, particularly Sulphur; or laftly, combined with one or other of the Acids. Different proceffes therefore commonly ne- ceffary for obtaining them in their feparate and e proper