Experimental chemistry, founded on the work [Principles of chemistry] of J.A. Stöckhardt |
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... called the common - sense view of the universe around us . In doing so , however , we must not venture to assert it dogmatically , or to stigmatise as absurd either of the other views above referred to , startling though they may appear ...
... called the common - sense view of the universe around us . In doing so , however , we must not venture to assert it dogmatically , or to stigmatise as absurd either of the other views above referred to , startling though they may appear ...
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... called forces , which determine its position in space , and confer upon it its properties . The forces can only be known to us by their operations on matter , just as motion cannot be conceived of except as of something moved . On the ...
... called forces , which determine its position in space , and confer upon it its properties . The forces can only be known to us by their operations on matter , just as motion cannot be conceived of except as of something moved . On the ...
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... called adhesion . The use of glue is a good example of adhesion . Experiments . To prove that the force of cohesion exists in liquids , allow one pan of a pair of scales to rest on the surface of water . A number of weights must now be ...
... called adhesion . The use of glue is a good example of adhesion . Experiments . To prove that the force of cohesion exists in liquids , allow one pan of a pair of scales to rest on the surface of water . A number of weights must now be ...
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... called ebonite is more powerful than either . An ebonite comb that has been passed through dry hair will not only attract scraps of paper and small feathers , but in dry weather will emit a crackling sound and a torrent of small sparks ...
... called ebonite is more powerful than either . An ebonite comb that has been passed through dry hair will not only attract scraps of paper and small feathers , but in dry weather will emit a crackling sound and a torrent of small sparks ...
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... called a simple cell , " and the ends of the wires farthest from the plates are called the " poles . " If ten such cells are made , and are joined together by thick copper wires , the zinc of one cell to the copper of the next , long ...
... called a simple cell , " and the ends of the wires farthest from the plates are called the " poles . " If ten such cells are made , and are joined together by thick copper wires , the zinc of one cell to the copper of the next , long ...
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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...