The Principles of Chemistry, Volume II

Chapter XXIV. and the numbers given by Stas in the table, where they are

taken according to van der Plaats and Thomsen's calculations).

Columns 7-14 contain the composition of the saline compounds of the elements, placed according to their forms, RX, RX_{2} to RX_{8} (in the 14^{th} column). If the element R has a metallic character like H, Li, Be, &c., then X represe...