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Excerpt from Inorganic Chemistry
II. The first point the chemist seeks to ascertain in reference to every substance, whether derived from the animal, vegetable, or mineral kingdom, is, Does it consist of one kind, or of several kinds of matter? The determination of this point enables him to make a primary division of all bodies into two great classes simple and compound. Simple bodies consist of but one ingredient, as, for example, the various metals; compound bodies of more than one constituent. Thus water contains two, sugar three, dry alum four, and pure white of egg six.
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