Experimental chemistry, founded on the work [Principles of chemistry] of J.A. Stöckhardt |
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... applied only to the tendency of bodies to fly to the earth . In other words , gravity is generally taken as identical with weight . But it is right to remember that all bodies attract one another . One stone attracts another , one drop ...
... applied only to the tendency of bodies to fly to the earth . In other words , gravity is generally taken as identical with weight . But it is right to remember that all bodies attract one another . One stone attracts another , one drop ...
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... applied or practical chemistry . Nothing is better calculated to excite an interest in chemical knowledge than a consideration of the useful appli- cation which can be made of it in every - day life . Chemistry teaches the apothecary ...
... applied or practical chemistry . Nothing is better calculated to excite an interest in chemical knowledge than a consideration of the useful appli- cation which can be made of it in every - day life . Chemistry teaches the apothecary ...
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... applied to the measurement of heat . This is done by particular instruments called thermometers . Thermometer . - Water might be employed for measuring heat , by marking the boiling and freezing points , and gradu- ating the intervening ...
... applied to the measurement of heat . This is done by particular instruments called thermometers . Thermometer . - Water might be employed for measuring heat , by marking the boiling and freezing points , and gradu- ating the intervening ...
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... applied while red - hot to the frame , and on cooling they contract and bind the wood - work together with great force . A metallic disk , which , when red- hot , fits exactly into a circular box , will , on cooling , become loose , and ...
... applied while red - hot to the frame , and on cooling they contract and bind the wood - work together with great force . A metallic disk , which , when red- hot , fits exactly into a circular box , will , on cooling , become loose , and ...
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... applied beneath . If the upper part of a test- tube full of water is heated by the lamp , the water will boil at the top while it remains quite cold , and may even contain ice , held down by a wire , at the bottom . Test- tubes are ...
... applied beneath . If the upper part of a test- tube full of water is heated by the lamp , the water will boil at the top while it remains quite cold , and may even contain ice , held down by a wire , at the bottom . Test- tubes are ...
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Page 19 - ... the accuracy of every chemical process, and ascertain the true composition of bodies by proving the weight of the compound to be equal to the weight of the substances which produce it. 32. Use of the Balance,-— The balance is to the chemist what the compass is to the mariner, and before its introduction as a means of verifying experiments, the whole science of Chemistry was a collection of disconnected and separate facts and theories. Until within a comparatively recent period it was supposed...