Experimental chemistry, founded on the work [Principles of chemistry] of J.A. Stöckhardt |
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... unite again with great force . Two pieces of plate - glass will do the same , and the glass - makers have to be very care- ful not to allow large sheets of plate - glass to lie on one another . 4. Heat is an extremely powerful and ...
... unite again with great force . Two pieces of plate - glass will do the same , and the glass - makers have to be very care- ful not to allow large sheets of plate - glass to lie on one another . 4. Heat is an extremely powerful and ...
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... unite with each other are brought together , sometimes a part of the one , sometimes a part of the other , remains free . Further experiments will show how much of one body , in weight , can be united with the other . If all bodies are ...
... unite with each other are brought together , sometimes a part of the one , sometimes a part of the other , remains free . Further experiments will show how much of one body , in weight , can be united with the other . If all bodies are ...
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... unite in- timately with them , without losing its transparency . Such combinations are called solutions . If rain - water meets with soluble substances , either in the earth or in the rocks through which it oozes , it dissolves them ...
... unite in- timately with them , without losing its transparency . Such combinations are called solutions . If rain - water meets with soluble substances , either in the earth or in the rocks through which it oozes , it dissolves them ...
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... unite the mercury adhering to its sides into a single globule , by means of a feather . It will amount in weight to 100 grains ; this , subtracted from the original weight , 108 grains , leaves 8 grains , the amount of the oxygen . The ...
... unite the mercury adhering to its sides into a single globule , by means of a feather . It will amount in weight to 100 grains ; this , subtracted from the original weight , 108 grains , leaves 8 grains , the amount of the oxygen . The ...
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... unite by measure . Any given measure , pints , cubic inches , or litres , may of course be substituted for volumes in the above examples , and we may , for instance , say that every 2 pints of steam contain 2 pints of hydrogen and 1 ...
... unite by measure . Any given measure , pints , cubic inches , or litres , may of course be substituted for volumes in the above examples , and we may , for instance , say that every 2 pints of steam contain 2 pints of hydrogen and 1 ...
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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...