Researches into the laws of chemical affinity / by C.L. Berthollet ; Translated from the French by M. Farrell.

  • Berthollet, Claude-Louis, 1748-1822.
Date:
1804
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Credit: Researches into the laws of chemical affinity / by C.L. Berthollet ; Translated from the French by M. Farrell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    depend on their affinities and mutual propor¬ tions, the mass of each is to be considered. 6. I shall prove, therefore, in resuming the supposition of No. 3, that, in opposing the body A to the combination B C, the combi¬ nation AC can never take place; but that the body C will be divided between the bodies A and B, proportionally to the affinity and quan¬ tity of each ; that is, to their respective masses. For the examples and proofs to be used in the following discussion, I shall refer princi¬ pally to the action of acids and alkalis, com¬ prising under the latter denomination, the earths which are endued with alkaline proper¬ ties ; because their great power and activity annihilates the influence of minute incidental causes, and because they frequently produce degrees of saturation which may be compared, and afford results that can be appreciated with facility. But the conclusions which I shall draw from their properties, will be applicable to all combinations in general. I shall adduce samples,