Note 18 tri — Chapter XXIV · COPPER, SILVER, AND GOLD
George Kamensky translation
It is, however, noteworthy that ordinary metallic lead has long been considered soluble in water, that boron has been repeatedly obtained in a brown solution, and that observations upon the development of certain bacteria have shown that the latter die in water which has been for some time in contact with metals. This seems to indicate the passage of small quantities of metals into water (however, the formation of peroxide of hydrogen may be supposed to have some influence in these cases).