| The | Sulphuric |  | Acids, of known and simple bases. |
| Carbonic | |||
| Nitric | |||
| Phosphoric | |||
| Arsenical | |||
| Tungstenic | |||
| Molybdenic | |||
| Boracic | |||
| Fluoric | |||
| Muriatic |
This class comprehends the most anciently known and most important acids. The sulphuric, nitric, and muriatic were formerly, and are still frequently, called mineral acids.
2dly, Acids that have double or binary radicals, and which consequently consist of triple combinations. These are the vegetable acids, whose common radical is a compound of hydrogen and carbon.
CAROLINE.
But if the basis of all the vegetable acids be the same, it should form but one acid; it may indeed combine with different proportions of oxygen, but the nature of the acid must be the same.
MRS. B.
The only difference that exists in the basis of vegetable acids, is the various proportions of hydrogen and carbon from which they are severally composed. But this is enough to produce a number of acids apparently very dissimilar. That they do not, however, differ essentially, is proved by their susceptibility of being converted into each other, by the addition or subtraction of a portion of hydrogen or of carbon. The names of these acids are,
| The | Acetic | | Acids, of double bases, being of vegetable origin. |
| Oxalic | |||
| Tartarous | |||
| Citric | |||
| Malic | |||
| Gallic | |||
| Mucous | |||
| Benzoic | |||
| Succinic | |||
| Camphoric | |||
| Suberic |
The 3d class of acids consists of those which have triple radicals, and are therefore of a still more compound nature. This class comprehends the animal acids, which are,
| The | Lactic | | Acids, of triple bases, or animal acids. |
| Prussic | |||
| Formic | |||
| Bombic | |||
| Sebacic | |||
| Zoonic | |||
| Lithic |