A syllabus of a course of chemical lectures / By James Cumming.

  • Cumming, James, 1777-1861.
Date:
1825
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    Synthesis® of Ammonia, by Milner and Higgins ; natural causes of its formation ; anomalous experiment of Berzelius. POTASSA. Practical preparation and purification of Pot- ash ; its properties and combinations ; mineral sources. Potassium (40), the base of Potassa; its discovery ; process for obtaining it ; its nature and properties ; affinity for oxygen; utility in Chemical research. Synthesis of Potassa ; protoxide of Potassium (48); hydrate of Rare (57) 5 peroxide of Potassium (64). Compounds of Potassium with Hydrogen. SODA. Preparation of Soda; its properties and com- binations; how distinguished from Potash ; native; mineral sources. Sodium (24), the base of Soda; its formation and distinctive properties.
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