The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-07-18
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efiis sfiisa q lAr SsIIl q fallIe Dung.
Here II i ~e snj ourselves thrown on !
sees Ofopinions. without char. e.mpass.
a. pllsli u We Irustla conflicting lheo-
nes whirhllxse been sstup Cor landmarks
md lishi-hansrs. I.rl " therefore. rea-
dr. ln.s. - ourselves. aided BY she Iililet
shemirlFy ~ hare learned from the pre-
rrdIns rea osks about the composition Of
Fsl.. s84.s
haze endaasored 10 impress IN y0nrl
nlrmory. that the term ssli is very com
prehensise. liut ilwn. 10 encourage one.
il IL also 10 be remembered, thai sails are
compounds Of alkalies. eaglhs. and melals
wslh seLls. Now The carihs, alkalirs.
metals. may srHniird Iurarh ~ The known
ariJ., land their meme is lrglon. yet ynu
may nal. ~ this change Olasills. al,er the
nainfe afihe satlll alkaii. ar metal. That
alGays ientAius Tie sant; rYrrs time you
rhangf the aeid ynu ailrr he eharsriero l
Me salt. fins sD,la may he united To oil of
,ilrol and iarm 6lanhrr's sali. or 10 aqua
kaiis and form Sumh American salipelre
or 10 mnria,ir arid and lnrm common table
salt. The spda i ralled she has. or ba-
sis &c Il.is said. ih,i j. always snds, yeD
d. MT change is character by ashanging
Die acid. In give another example, lime
may be united 70 earbonic acid and form
chalk. or marble, or limestone. or il may
be united % oil Of vilriol. and ,fUrm plaster
nfP1is, or 20 phosphoric. arid and form
bone-dnsi. Now, in each case, The base
ofihe salt, tlIai 10, The lime, remains I'M.
changed; but, changing ihs acid, we
rhsnge tlhe nature Of the salt, aud ofcnnrse
Us effects. will be different. Now il is
plain. that where The base Of the sali &c.
maine the came, that will always act the
rame, bui different effects will be pro.
fuced By diff. rem acids. Each base acts
always one way, hui each has IN aclion
io.eSery other. Each acid acts. also one
way, but each has an action distinct from
every other; impress this on your mind.
Reflect upon il a moment, and you Will
perceive that salts produce different effects,
recording n The nature Of their acid. Now
this maysl,c ILLUSTRATED thus: you take eve
.ry day, prnbsbly, with your evel, meal,
common salt. that is, soda, a base. united
60 murialic aid. Your digestion aud
health are all the better for il. Ym give
tynur cattle asliule sali. Ii does them
good. Suppose now you change the acid
&c llml sal. leaving soda, its base, in. the
same quan,i,y you daily take. Instead
Uf the muriatic, suppose you substitute
ihe nitric acid. or, wha, is The same thing.
suppose syou use sallpe,re from Peru, in.
stead OF common salt You need mol be
told, that yni, would poison Yourself and
your rattle by so doing. Youca dunk
dare cav you have, cream oil tarta'
punch. You feel the better for IL. LII
refreshing. cpoling, opening. Now cream
OF tartar is salt Of potash; il is potasi
. and .lartarics acid. You have lever
Your doctor gives you sweat with Sill
,ius's salt, that is, acetate Of ammonia, |
salt composed Of thai and vinegar: or yo,
take, perhaps, an edtr escing draught
formed oil lemon juice and pearl-ashes
All does you good. But suppose nov
you change these cooling. vegetable acid
Tor a mineral acid. say oil Of vitrol. Yn'
may no, take potash, united with a dos
, If oil Of vluol equiyalen, 10 the tar,ari
acid in the cream Of tartar, without Sc
IRONS injury. Sois il, reader, in farming
the acids of some salts are not only harm
less, but beneficial 10 plants; others arc &C
iual poisons. In the first case, salts he
10 nourish yourself; in other cases, salt
help 10 nourish plants, rs common cal
helps To nourlsh yourself; in other cases
they poison plants, jus! as they would I'm
pair your constitution, perhaps hill you
lint IL is To be remembered, as IN on
own case. ev,n those that poison, in
small dose become medicines, so, i
plants, a mall dose is not only good, b'
trul, essential. Now il we divide ih
Ards into twn classes. the nourishers an
the PRISONERS, such " i'll also be the natur
oI the salts, When we therefore atltmT
such a general division ollhe salts, j, ma
be said thai all the acids derived from III
vegetable HI g,lop are harmless: so al
the acids called mineral, ye, whose cou
ponents are. in part, like lhose Of the Y,
ge,.ble acids; for instance, aqua.for,is
nitric acid. But the true mineral acit
are poisonous, such are oil Of viiriol al
spirits Of salt. One thing is here to
borne in mind. Il must never be out
sight. in trying 10 understand how sal
make plants grow. You east your sal, up,
Inc ground, it lies there. no action occul
Er ins; your SAIL is dissolved and disa