The Edinburgh new dispensatory : containing, I. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry: II. The materia medica; or, The natural, pharmaceutical, and medical history, of the substances employed in medicine: III. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions. Including translations of the London Pharmacopoeia, published in 1809 ; of the Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia, in 1805 ; and of the Dublin Pharmacopoeia, in 1807. Illustrated and explained in the language, and according to the principles, of modern chemistry. With many new and useful tables; and several copperplates of chemical characters and pharmaceutical apparatus / by Andrew Duncan.

  • Duncan, Andrew, Jun., 1773-1832.
Date:
1810
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Credit: The Edinburgh new dispensatory : containing, I. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry: II. The materia medica; or, The natural, pharmaceutical, and medical history, of the substances employed in medicine: III. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions. Including translations of the London Pharmacopoeia, published in 1809 ; of the Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia, in 1805 ; and of the Dublin Pharmacopoeia, in 1807. Illustrated and explained in the language, and according to the principles, of modern chemistry. With many new and useful tables; and several copperplates of chemical characters and pharmaceutical apparatus / by Andrew Duncan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    with sulphur and phosphorus, and the metals, forming readily oxjdizablc compounds. Eightj -five parts of potassium, and 15 ol oxygenTorm potass. Sodium, the base of soda, resembles in its appearance silver. At ijy® it is easily malleable, begins to lose its cohesion at 120®, and is perfectly fluid at 180°. It is not volatilized by the heat which mehs plate glass. Its specific gravity is 0.9348, water being 1. It absorbs oxygen slowly from the atmosphere, and at a high temperature burns with bright sparks. It decomposes water with effervescence, and is inflamed by nitrous acid. It is not soluble in hydrogen. ,It combines with sulphur, phos- phorus, and the metals. 78.5 of sodium with 21.5 oxygen form soda. • / Mr. Davy has also obtained metallic bases from some of the earths, especially bar\ tes and strontites, and Berzelius obtained an amalgam by galvanizing mercury in contact with a solution of ammonia.