Name construction general principles

This principle for constructing generalized stoichiometric names parallels the principle for constructing generalized salt formulae in Section IR-4.4.3.4. However, the order of citation in a generalized stochiometric name is not necessarily the same as the order of symbols in the corresponding generalized salt formula, as is seen from Examples 4, 5 and 7 below. 

That he might bring into one point of view, and compare the various changes effected by the agency of fire, Stahl invented a new Principle, which he named Phlogiston, and constructed an hypothesis which is generally known as the phlogistic theory. He explained, and applied, this hypothesis in various books, especially in one published at Halle in 1717. 

To dress chemistry in academic garb required a community effort and, at least in 1595, the best person to lead that community seemed to be a professor at the German University of Jena named Zacharias Brendel (1553-1626). Brendel had erudition, eloquence, experience, and method. Libavius believed that, just as astronomy and logic had been reformed during his lifetime, so too could Brendel provide the fundamental principles and general precepts for constructing a logical method for chemistry. Tycho Brahe [the astronomer] is said to be the restorer of astronomy, he wrote. Why not win praise for yourself from chemistry . . . We shall piously set up a statue in honor of chemistry for you if we owe the perfection of the art to your industry (book 1, pp. 115-16). 

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