Nitrous acid diſſolves it readily, vitriolic acid requires to be aſſiſted by a boiling heat; muriatic acid does not act upon it all, unleſs previouſly deprived of as much phlogiſton as in 100 parts may be called 74. The attractive power wherewith it retains this portion of phlogiſton occupies the fourth place in the ſeries; that is, it holds it leſs ſtrongly than the noble but more ſtrongly than the baſe metals.
HYDRARGYRUM nativum (quickſilver native). Native.
Cronstedt Min. § 217.
Whether it be entirely free from every metallic contamination I have not yet tried.
HYDRARGYRUM (quickſilver), united to ſilver. Amalgamated.
Cronstedt Min. § 217.
HYDRARGYRUM (quickſilver), mineralized by muriatic and vitriolic acids. Hornlike.