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" I shall, till some better method be proposed, distinguish them from each other, by prefixing to the word oxide the first syllable of the Greek ordinal numerals. Thus the protoxide of a metal will denote the... "
Lectures on Experimental Philosophy, Astronomy, and Chemistry: Intended ... - Page 219
by George Gregory - 1808
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The Literary journal, Volume 3

1804 - 400 pages
...remedy this defect of nomenclature. Dr. Thomson proposes to distinguish the oxides from each other by prefixing to the word oxide the first syllable of the Greek ordinal numerals. A metal combined with minimum of oxygen is the protoxide of that metal, with a second...
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A Manual of Chemistry: Containing the Principal Facts of the ..., Volume 1

William Thomas Brande - Chemistry - 1821 - 666 pages
...oxygen than the phosphorous acid. The different combinations of the metals with oxygen, are perhaps best distinguished by prefixing to the word oxide the first syllable of the Greek ordinal numerals, as originally proposed by Dr. Thompson. Thus the protoxide of a metal will denote...
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Magazine of Popular Science, and Journal of the Useful Arts, Volume 1

Science - 1836 - 432 pages
...between the nitrous and nitric acids. The various compounds of the metals with oxygen are usually best distinguished by prefixing to the word oxide the first syllable of the Greek ordinal numerals. Thus the protoxide of a metal denotes the compound containing the smallest quantity...
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Historical Studies in the Language of Chemistry

Maurice P. Crosland - Science - 2004 - 448 pages
...distinguishing the oxides : I shall, till some better method be proposed, distinguish them from each other by prefixing to the word oxide the first syllable of the Greek ordinal numerals. Thus the protoxide of a metal will denote the metal 227. The Edinburgh New Dispensatory,...
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