previous to solution.
The ancient chemists knew hardly any of the salts formed by the
combinations of acetous acid with the salifiable bases, except the
acetites of potash, soda, ammoniac, copper, and lead. Mr Cadet
discovered the acetite of arsenic[47]; Mr Wenzel, the Dijon academicians
Mr de Lassone, and Mr Proust, made us acquainted with the properties of
the other acetites. From the property which acetite of potash possesses,
of giving out ammoniac in distillation, there is some reason to suppose,
that, besides charcoal and hydrogen, the acetous radical contains a
small proportion of azote, though it is not impossible but the above
production of ammoniac may be occasioned by the decomposition of the
potash.
TABLE _of the Combinations of Acetic Acid with the Salifiable Bases, in
the order of affinity._
_Bases._ _Neutral Salts._
Barytes Acetat of barytes.
Potash potash.
Soda soda.
Lime lime.
Magnesia magnesia.
Ammoniac ammoniac.
Oxyd of zinc zinc.
manganese manganese.
iron iron.
lead lead.
tin tin.
cobalt cobalt.
copper copper.
nickel nickel.
arsenic arsenic.
bismuth bismuth.
mercury mercury.
antimony antimony.
silver silver.
gold gold.
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