Experimental chemistry, founded on the work [Principles of chemistry] of J.A. Stöckhardt |
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... obtained , capable of decomposing water and doing other chemical work , but the arrangement is never a very powerful one , and it is better to buy or make one of the more powerful forms of the instrument . If the two wires from the ...
... obtained , capable of decomposing water and doing other chemical work , but the arrangement is never a very powerful one , and it is better to buy or make one of the more powerful forms of the instrument . If the two wires from the ...
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... obtained , as will be seen from the experiments which follow . Experiment 5 .-- Attach a small strip of platinum foil to the end of each wire . Cut a card so that it will stand upright in a wine - glass , and divide it in two . Then ...
... obtained , as will be seen from the experiments which follow . Experiment 5 .-- Attach a small strip of platinum foil to the end of each wire . Cut a card so that it will stand upright in a wine - glass , and divide it in two . Then ...
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... obtained from bones , is luminous in the air , and is gradually converted into an acid liquid ; it unites with the oxygen of the air and with water , as the iron did when exposed to moist air . If the phosphorus is gently heated , this ...
... obtained from bones , is luminous in the air , and is gradually converted into an acid liquid ; it unites with the oxygen of the air and with water , as the iron did when exposed to moist air . If the phosphorus is gently heated , this ...
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... obtained from chemical action . Coal , wood , spirit , oils , and all the other kinds of fuel under- go a chemical.change when they burn , which will be fully explained hereafter . They combine with the oxygen of the air , and in doing ...
... obtained from chemical action . Coal , wood , spirit , oils , and all the other kinds of fuel under- go a chemical.change when they burn , which will be fully explained hereafter . They combine with the oxygen of the air , and in doing ...
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Charles William Heaton. If gas cannot be obtained , a small spirit - lamp , such as shown in Fig . 8 , may be used for ordinary purposes , and methylated spirit , which is very cheap , may be burned in it . More powerful spirit - lamps ...
Charles William Heaton. If gas cannot be obtained , a small spirit - lamp , such as shown in Fig . 8 , may be used for ordinary purposes , and methylated spirit , which is very cheap , may be burned in it . More powerful spirit - lamps ...
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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...