The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. LL.D., Late President of the Royal Society, Foreign Associate of the Royal Institute of France, &c. &c. &c, Volume 1Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831 - 547 pages |
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Page 87
... magnesia , in the process of vegetation , render it partially caustic , and thus enable it to destroy them ? Your ... magnesian earth being pre- judicial to vegetation . dent , and how far from the resemblance between ideas SIR HUMPHRY ...
... magnesia , in the process of vegetation , render it partially caustic , and thus enable it to destroy them ? Your ... magnesian earth being pre- judicial to vegetation . dent , and how far from the resemblance between ideas SIR HUMPHRY ...
Page 148
... magnesian phosphate , commonly called the triple phosphate , ' is per se fusible ; but that when mixed , these constitute the fusible calculus ' which readily melts before the blow - pipe . Dr. Wollaston , on finding the substance under ...
... magnesian phosphate , commonly called the triple phosphate , ' is per se fusible ; but that when mixed , these constitute the fusible calculus ' which readily melts before the blow - pipe . Dr. Wollaston , on finding the substance under ...
Page 219
... magnesia , soda , and ammonia ; and also observed the fact , that alkaline matter always appeared at the negative , and acid matter at the positive pole . * No sooner had Davy become acquainted with the curious experiments of Nicholson ...
... magnesia , soda , and ammonia ; and also observed the fact , that alkaline matter always appeared at the negative , and acid matter at the positive pole . * No sooner had Davy become acquainted with the curious experiments of Nicholson ...
Page 243
... magnesia , they became negative : in these latter experiments the effect was exceedingly satisfactory and distinct ; a single contact upon a large surface being sufficient to communicate a considerable charge . Numerous other trials ...
... magnesia , they became negative : in these latter experiments the effect was exceedingly satisfactory and distinct ; a single contact upon a large surface being sufficient to communicate a considerable charge . Numerous other trials ...
Page 300
... magnesia , it was not easy to doubt , and I quickly tried the experiment . From strontites I obtained a very rapid result ; but from magnesia , in the first trials , no amalgam could be procured . By continuing the process , however ...
... magnesia , it was not easy to doubt , and I quickly tried the experiment . From strontites I obtained a very rapid result ; but from magnesia , in the first trials , no amalgam could be procured . By continuing the process , however ...
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