{ As metals dissolve both in nitrous and Oxyd of zinc zinc. { nitric acids, metallic salts must of iron iron. { consequence be formed having manganese manganese. { different degrees of oxygenation. cobalt cobalt. { Those wherein the metal is nickel nickel. { least oxygenated must be lead lead. { called Nitrites, when more so, tin tin. { Nitrats; but the limits of this copper copper. { distinction are difficultly bismuth bismuth. { ascertainable. The older antimony antimony. { chemists were not acquainted arsenic arsenic. { with any of these salts. mercury mercury. { silver { It is extremely probable that gold, silver gold { and platina only form nitrats, and cannot subsist platina { in the state of nitrites. TABLE _of the Combinations of Azote, completely saturated with Oxygen, in the state of Nitric Acid, with the Salifiable Bases, in the order of the affinity with the Acid_. _Bases._ _Names of the resulting neutral salts._ _New nomenclature._ _Old nomenclature._ Barytes Nitrat of barytes Nitre, with a base of heavy earth. Potash potash Nitre, saltpetre. Nitre with base of potash. Soda soda { Quadrangular nitre. Nitre with base of { mineral alkali. { Calcareous nitre. Nitre with Lime lime { calcareous base. Mother water { of nitre, or saltpetre. Magnesia magnesia Magnesian nitre. Nitre with base of magnesia. Ammoniac ammoniac Ammoniacal nitre. { Nitrous alum. Argillaceous nitre. Nitre Argill argill { with base of earth of alum. Oxyd of zinc zinc Nitre of zinc. iron iron Nitre of iron. Martial nitre. Nitrated iron. manganese manganese Nitre of manganese. cobalt cobalt Nitre of cobalt. nickel nickel Nitre of nickel. lead lead Saturnine nitre. Nitre of lead. tin tin Nitre of tin. copper copper Nitre of copper or of Venus. bismuth bismuth Nitre of bismuth. antimony antimony Nitre of antimony. arsenic arsenic Arsenical nitre. mercury mercury Mercurial nitre. silver silver Nitre of silver or luna. Lunar caustic. gold gold Nitre of gold. platina platina Nitre of platina.