...is diluted with water to the strength of ordinary aquafortis, namely, to a specific gravity of I'lO. The cases in which nitric acid containing nitrous...sulphurets. Instead of nitric acid only, a mixture of l part of nitric acid and 2 parts of hydrochloric acid (aqua regia) is sometimes employed, in which...

...yields a black precipitate with hydrosulphuric acid, and a white one with diluted sulphuric acid. In a mixture of 1 part of nitric acid and 2 parts of water, Carbonate of Lead should dissolve completely, -or leave but a slight residue. The precipitate...

...method, is dissolved in its own weight of concentrated sulphuric acid, cooled to 0°, and nitrated with a mixture of 1 part of nitric acid and 2 parts of sulphuric acid, with a little over the theoretical amount of nitric acid to avoid the raising of the...