Excerpt from A Manual of Chemistry: Containing a Condensed View of the Present State of the Science, With Copious References to More Extensive Treatises, Original Papers, &C In those cases where the symbol is complex, abbreviations are sometimes employed. Thus, Aq for water, (aqua) and Ac for Acid, will be occasionally noticed in the descriptions the salts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
