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ACIDIJM ACETOSUM.

ACETOUS ACID.

Take of Verdegris, in coarfe powdcr, tvvopounds,

Dry It perfeftly by means of a Water-batlifaturated with fea-falt ; then diftill it in afand-bath, and after that diftill the liquor,

Its fpecific gravity is to that of diftilled wa-ter as 1*050 to ijOOO;

R E M A R K.

Vinegar diftilkd from Verdegris has a difagreea-ble fmellj and turns blue on being faturated wkhÄq.. Ammon-isEj— a mänifefl: proof that it containseoppe** ( Leenh^rdi Anme;k. ... Macquers Chem. Wor-terb. Vol. i-)— 3 portion of which it retains, ac-cording to Pörner, even after a re-diftülation with agentle heat. —■ According to Mr. Bertholet, this a-eid differs effentklly from the acid of vinegar. SeeMem. Ac. Sc. Ann. 1783. —It is- employed in thepreparation of Hydrargyrus acetatus.

SAL ET OLEUM SUCCIN1.

Salt and Öil of Ambfr,Take of Amber two pounds.

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