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APPENDIX I.


OBSERVATIONS

ON

The new-diſcovered Swedish Acid;

AND ON

The Stone from which it is obtained.

SECT. I.

Of the Mineral Acid in general.

THERE exiſts in the Mineral World a native Acid; and probably only one; tho' it exhibits itſelf under different Forms.

Of the Exiſtence of this we are certain; altho' we never have ſeen it pure; nor can: It never becoming an Object of our Senſes, but

in