It is only necessary for the experimenter to be made acquainted with their properties, and this in order to prevent any haphazard experiments, which are too common among operators.

Any person who may be desirous to try an experiment, should first study the agents he wishes to employ.

By so doing much time and money will be saved; while the searcher after new discoveries would rarely become vexed on account of his own ignorance, or be obliged to avail himself of the experience of others in any department of science.
Nitric Acid--Exists in combination with the bases, potash, soda, lime, magnesia, in both the mineral and vegetable kingdoms, and is never found insoluble.

It has the same constituents as common air, but in different proportions.

The strongest nitric acid contains in every pound, two and a quarter ounces of water.