|slightly | | | |milky. | | | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- A solution of |Pale clouds at|Shews some |The same as |Upon dropping, mercury in the|every drop; |absorbent |Thames, but |no change acid of nitre.|1st white and |earth, by |slighter. |appears; upon |milky, then |means of an | |standing grows |yellowish |acid, | |milky, then to |four drops |suspended in | |a pale yellow, |more got the |the water. | |with a slight |same color | | |pearl-colored |all over; upon| | |pellicle; shews |standing, a | | |no air nor |slight pale | | |sediment; the |pellicle | | |glass slightly |arose, and a | | |coated upon |muddy ochre- | | |standing; |colored | | |precipitated |sediment | | |fairly. |subsided. | | | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- A solution of |A bright milky|Confirms the |The same as |The same as lead in |cloud, which, |preceding |Thames, but in|New River. distilled |growing more |observation. |a lower | vinegar, at |opac and | |degree. | every drop as |white, | | | far as 4 |subsided; upon| | | drops. |being stirred,| | | |had a milky | | | |opacity all | | | |over; upon | | | |standing, | | | |threw up a | | | |pale pellicle,| | | |and let fall | | | |white | | | |precipitate. | | | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- A solution of |Caused a |Shews some |The same |Pale bluish silver in the |pearled |portion of |effects, but |white clouds; acid of nitre,|milkiness; |sea-salt, of |slighter; the |the 4 drops. |upon standing |which the |precipitate of|precipitate,