Chapter 29 PHOSPHORUS.

NOTE.-Phosphorus should be kept in water, and handled with forceps, never with the fingers, except under water, as it is liable to burn the flesh and produce ulcerating sores. Pieces not larger than half a pea should be used, and every bit should finally be burned.

197. Solution and Combustion. Experiment 112. -Put 1 or 2 pieces of P into an eva