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APPENDIX.

I.

ARTICLES EMPLOYED IN CHEMICAL TESTING.

ACETATE OF SODIUM.
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(Also employed in the preparation of Acetic Ether.)

BENZOL.

A colourless volatile liquid, obtained from coal tar, and consisting chiefly of benzol, . Specific gravity about 0.850.

BENZOLATED AMYLIO ALCOHOL.

Mix together three volumes of benzol and one of amylic alcohol. Decant the supernatant fluid from any deposited water.

CHLOBIDE OF BARIUM.
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COPPER FOIL.

Pure metallic Copper, thin and bright.

FERRICYANIDE OF POTASSIUM.
Synonym.—Red Prussiate of Potash.
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Test.—Its aqueous solution gives no precipitate with a dilute solution of a pure ferric salt.

GOLD, FINE.

Gold, free from metallic impurities.