Millard B. Rising - ELEMENTS OF CHEMISTRY: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL. BY WILLIAM ALLEN MILLER, M.D., LL.D. TREASURER AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY; VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY; PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY IN KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON; LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, ROBERTS, & GREEN. 1864. TABLE OF CONTENTS. NO. OF Nomenclature-Classification of Elements 331 Principles of Chemical Nomenclature FIRST DIVISION-NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS The Atmosphere-Oxygen-Nitrogen 340 Proportion of Oxygen-Its Constancy 55 354 Charcoal-Lamp Black-Animal Charcoal 355 General Properties of Carbon. 371 Amidogen, and Ammonium . 376 Action of Hydrochloric Acid on Metallic Oxides 403 Hydrofluoric Acid-Fluorides. 404 Determination of the Combining Number of Fluorine . 412 Sulphuric Acid-Theory of its Formation. 414 Hydrates of Sulphuric Acid 415 Nordhausen Sulphuric Acid 416 Sulphuric Anhydride. 417 Common Impurities in Sulphuric Acid. 419 Hyposulphurous Acid-Hyposulphites |