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PRJEPARÄTUM ex AR-

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PREPARATION OF SILVER.

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ARGENTUM NITRATUM,

NlTRATED SlLVER.

*Tp A K E of Silver one ounce by weight.

Diluted nitrous Acid four ouu-ces by meafure.

Diflolve the Silver in the nitrous Aoid andin a fand-heat; then dry it with an heat gent-]y raifed : aftervvards melt it in a crucible,that it raay be poured into proper forms, care-fully avoiding too great heat.

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This is the Caufikuin Lunare of the former Dif-oenfatory. The Silver ought to be pure, and the

crucible