Experimental chemistry, founded on the work [Principles of chemistry] of J.A. Stöckhardt |
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... easily . Magnetism is only a peculiar operation of electricity . 7. Chemical Force , or Chemical Affinity . - The last force that we have to consider is called chemical force , because the science of chemistry is almost entirely ...
... easily . Magnetism is only a peculiar operation of electricity . 7. Chemical Force , or Chemical Affinity . - The last force that we have to consider is called chemical force , because the science of chemistry is almost entirely ...
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... easily be made by a bradawl filed to a square point and constantly moistened with a mixture of turpentine and camphor , and the wires may be cemented in the holes with sealing - wax . The glass is filled with water to which a drop or ...
... easily be made by a bradawl filed to a square point and constantly moistened with a mixture of turpentine and camphor , and the wires may be cemented in the holes with sealing - wax . The glass is filled with water to which a drop or ...
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... easily vibrate . It is essential that the axis should be in the right place in the beam , a little above its centre of gravity , as in Fig . 2 , a . The centre of gravity can be found by balancing the beam on its flat side , with the ...
... easily vibrate . It is essential that the axis should be in the right place in the beam , a little above its centre of gravity , as in Fig . 2 , a . The centre of gravity can be found by balancing the beam on its flat side , with the ...
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... easily remedied by lowering the axis . Avoirdupois weight is most frequently used in England . The only numbers required in chemistry are the following : - Pound Ounces . Grains . 1 = 16 = 7000 1 = 437.5 Apothecaries ' weight is ...
... easily remedied by lowering the axis . Avoirdupois weight is most frequently used in England . The only numbers required in chemistry are the following : - Pound Ounces . Grains . 1 = 16 = 7000 1 = 437.5 Apothecaries ' weight is ...
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... easily seen in the annexed figure . According to R. water freezes at 0 ° and boils at 80 ° ; ac- cording to C. it freezes at 0 ° , and boils at 100 ° ; according to F. it freezes at + 32 ° , and boils at 212 ° . Fig . 10 . R с Boil F 80 ...
... easily seen in the annexed figure . According to R. water freezes at 0 ° and boils at 80 ° ; ac- cording to C. it freezes at 0 ° , and boils at 100 ° ; according to F. it freezes at + 32 ° , and boils at 212 ° . Fig . 10 . R с Boil F 80 ...
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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...