American Edition of the British Encyclopedia, Vol. 10: Or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge (Classic Reprint) - Tapa dura

Excerpt from American Edition of the British Encyclopedia, Vol. 10: Or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge

Phosphites, are salts formed of the phosphorous acid, with alkalies, earths, &c. In several of their properties they resemble the phosphates; but may be distinguished from them, b a pearing luminous when heated with e blow pipe, and by 'afl'ording, by distillation, a small quantity of phosphorus. They de tonate, too, with oxy-muriate of potash.

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