SECT. I.--Combustion of Charcoal, 101
SECT. II.--Combustion of Hydrogen Gas, 102
SECT. III.--Formation of Nitric Acid, 102
SECT. IV.--Combustion of Wax, 105
SECT. V.--Combustion of Olive Oil, 106
CHAP. X.--Of the Combustion of Combustible
Substances with each other, 109
CHAP. XI.--Observations upon Oxyds and Acids
with several Bases, and upon the Composition
of Animal and Vegetable Substances, 115
CHAP. XII.--Of the Decomposition of Vegetable
and Animal Substances by the Action of Fire, 123
CHAP. XIII.--Of the Decomposition of Vegetable
Oxyds by the Vinous Fermentation, 129
CHAP. XIV.--Of the Putrefactive Fermentation, 141
CHAP. XV.--Of the Acetous Fermentation, 146
CHAP. XVI.--Of the Formation of Neutral Salts,
and of their Bases, 149
SECT. I.--Of Potash, 151
SECT. II.--Of Soda, 155
SECT. III.--Of Ammoniac, 156
SECT. IV.--Of Lime, Magnesia, Barytes, and Argill, 157
SECT. V.--Of Metallic Bodies, 159
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