To Obtain Lime
Lime, or quicklime, is obtained by exposing limestone, or chalk, which are carbonates of lime, to a red ALKALOIDS. heat. Shell-lime is got in the same manner four-sided prisms, insoluble in ether. Cinfrom the shells of the oyster and other shell- chonicine and cinchonidine are other variefish. When sprinkled with water, heat is generated, and the lime, combining with the water, crumbles down into a powder, which is hydrate of lime, or slacked lime.