Abstract: The tendency of the author in the present investigation, is to return to the opinion respecting the relation of muriatic acid and oxymuriatic acids to each other, which was originally entertained by Scheele. According to that most illustrious chemist, the oxymuriatic was the more simple body, and by union with phlogiston became muriatic acid. But from many experiments made soon after by Berthollet, it was inferred that the latter was simple, and by union with oxygen became converted into oxymuriatic acid. In Mr. Davy’s former attempts to obta...
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