_Of the Quantities of True NITRIC ACID in solutions
of different SPECIFIC GRAVITIES._
+----------------+-----+-------------+-------+
|100 Parts Nitric| |True Acid[44]| Water |
|Acid of specific| | | |
| gravity | | | |
+----------------+ +-------------+-------+
| 1,5040 | c | 91,55 | 8,45 |
| 1,4475 | o | 80,39 | 19,61 |
| 1,4285 | n | 71,65 | 28,35 |
| 1,3906 | t | 62,96 | 37,04 |
| 1,3551 | a | 56,88 | 43,12 |
| 1,3186 | i | 52,03 | 47,97 |
| 1,3042 | n | 49,04 | 50,96 |
| 1,2831 | | 46,03 | 53,97 |
| 1,2090 | | 45,27 | 54,73 |
+----------------+-----+-------------+-------+
[44] The quantities of Oxygene and Nitrogene in any solution, may be
thus found—— Let A = the true acid, X the oxygene, and Y the nitrogene.