Oxalic Acid, Or Acid Of S...
TO THlEEDITTOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,-From the inh~y mlstakes whfc'h hAVe occurred, througla thie aimlilaritt' which oxalic acid bears toEpsorn-salE3, I have for aronT ttderable timnesold the f'oeitr article in powder only. An In1airto fide.nt, by tbust destroying their resemnbance, nlstikeR are hvoida'ble to a very grieat extent, (if nbt -altogetbcr), I hope you wili:fAvour the' bli b the inmertion .of this fact in youir NvAlualele an'bt*fern. sive y u Qate newsappr. Tt ma'r be sa1l -thht whern the oxalicd acid i? poo*dered,thr will exiat a lialiIty of its beitig uektin f45r creamn of tairfar. Ih answer to stuch an ;Lprehension,-Iould obbserve, that we never hear of the tartaric acid, whitht is always soldI in pow. der, being taken fodr cream of tartar acm- ngtc'.were grounds for sich aplp*,hemsi!ons; thielatter i-rtiac1itskeinetaly take. so laxtl dflutMd with *atdr, that a solution of the l1il&quatittiy df:doxalk -acid wvould Itrodui~e little or nd unplolas4nteffecit. There`281 how.. ever,-. mt?mch stronftr ground for supposing 'here may oxtit- a pro. bability of thc powdered oxalic acid being t'ietaken for tho pow-, der6d tartaric'acid-; and, tn reply to this,' I would furthe, pbstrve, that as the Ihtfe~ is Usutal! v taketn (ith an alkari, or in smia1tojuari tities very, much diltuted, thiere tould pcot, in the event oT suchi mli. tales'talking place; any deleteriouc Oe1icta resiult from it. I 1. -A )RufIif rsT; I rlcacmuy, &epL. U. OXALICACID, 01? fCID OF SUGAR.