Compound has a different Taste much milder than before, and sometimes a
sweet one; is it not because the Acids adhere to the metallick
Particles, and thereby lose much of their Activity? And if the Acid be
in too small a Proportion to make the Compound dissolvable in Water,
will it not by adhering strongly to the Metal become unactive and lose
its Taste, and the Compound be a tasteless Earth? For such things as are