Volume 1

Elements of chemistry, in a new systematic order, containing all the modern discoveries. ... / by Mr. Lavoisier. Translated from the French by Robert Kerr.

  • Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794.
Date:
1802
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Credit: Elements of chemistry, in a new systematic order, containing all the modern discoveries. ... / by Mr. Lavoisier. Translated from the French by Robert Kerr. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to the joint action of the air and of fire, lofe their metallic luftre, increafe in weight, and af- fume an earthy appearance. In this ftate, like the acids, they are compounded of a principle which is common to ail, and of one which is pe- culiar to each. In the famé way, therefore, we hâve thought proper to clafs them under a ge- neric name, derived from the common prin- ciple ; for which purpofe, we hâve adopted the term oxyd ; and we diftinguilh them from each other by the particular name of the métal to which each belongs. Combuftible fubftances, which in acids and metallic oxyds are fpecific and particular prin- ! ciples, are capable of becoming, in their turn, common principles of a great number of com- pounds. The fulphurous combinations hâve Teen long the only known ones in this kind : Now, however, we know, from the experiments of MeflVs Vandermonde, Monge, and Berthollet, that carbon may be combined with iron, and perhaps with feveral other metals ; and that, from this combination, according to the propor- tions, may be produced fteel, plumbago, &c. We know likewife, from the experiments of M. Pelletier, that phofphorus may bc combined with û