Experimental chemistry, founded on the work [Principles of chemistry] of J.A. Stöckhardt |
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... surface the great bulk of the earth causes its attraction to be so very much greater than that of any other body that the term gravity is gene- rally applied only to the tendency of bodies to fly to the earth . In other words , gravity ...
... surface the great bulk of the earth causes its attraction to be so very much greater than that of any other body that the term gravity is gene- rally applied only to the tendency of bodies to fly to the earth . In other words , gravity ...
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... surface of water . A number of weights must now be intro- duced into the other pan , before the first one will be removed from the water . When at last it rises , some water will still adhere to its under surface . The adhesion between ...
... surface of water . A number of weights must now be intro- duced into the other pan , before the first one will be removed from the water . When at last it rises , some water will still adhere to its under surface . The adhesion between ...
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... surface with a small rag . The surface of the metal will then become as bright as a looking - glass . The two metals are now to be immersed in the acid with the wires out . They should be about half an inch apart , and must not touch ...
... surface with a small rag . The surface of the metal will then become as bright as a looking - glass . The two metals are now to be immersed in the acid with the wires out . They should be about half an inch apart , and must not touch ...
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... surface and pass downwards until the whole mass is solid . If the crystallization does not begin at once , drop in a small crystal of the sulphate , which will immediately produce the desired effect . As soon as the liquid has changed ...
... surface and pass downwards until the whole mass is solid . If the crystallization does not begin at once , drop in a small crystal of the sulphate , which will immediately produce the desired effect . As soon as the liquid has changed ...
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... surface was suddenly cooled by the cold water , the expanded particles at once contracted , and more rapidly in the external particles than in those of the inner surface , causing the frac- ture of the glass , and the more easily the ...
... surface was suddenly cooled by the cold water , the expanded particles at once contracted , and more rapidly in the external particles than in those of the inner surface , causing the frac- ture of the glass , and the more easily the ...
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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...