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PREPARATIONS AND COMPOUNDS.

JCIDJ.ACIDS.

ACIDUM ACETICUM.

Acttic Arid.Synonim. Distilled Vinegar.

Take a gallon of Vinegar.

Let the Acetic Acid be distilled in a sand bathfrom a glass retort into a receiver of glass keptcool; the first eighth part set aside, the six pintsdistilled immediately afterwards, preserve.

ACIDUM BENZOICUM.

Benzoic Acid.

Synonim. Flowers of Benjamin.

Take of Benzoin one pound and a half;Pure Lime four ounees ;Water twelve pints ;Muriatic Acid four fluid-ounces.

Pound the Benzoin and Lime together, afterwhich, boil them in a gallon of the Water for ona