The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart., LL. D., Late President of the Royal Society, Foreign Associate of the Royal Institute of France, &c, Volume 1H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831 - 547 pages |
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Page 67
... carbonic acid , and with a similar result . Small particles were in each case separated from the steel , which , on microscopic examina- tion , evidently appeared to have undergone fusion . Whence Davy argued , that light cannot be ...
... carbonic acid , and with a similar result . Small particles were in each case separated from the steel , which , on microscopic examina- tion , evidently appeared to have undergone fusion . Whence Davy argued , that light cannot be ...
Page 87
... carbonic acid , may not lime , when min- gled with magnesia , in the process of vegetation , render it partially caustic , and thus enable it to destroy them ? Your observation on the scale of numbers , and the fact relative to it , are ...
... carbonic acid , may not lime , when min- gled with magnesia , in the process of vegetation , render it partially caustic , and thus enable it to destroy them ? Your observation on the scale of numbers , and the fact relative to it , are ...
Page 105
... carbonic acid gas ; but it was in vain that he made voluntary efforts to draw it into the windpipe ; for , the moment the epiglottis was raised a little , such a painful irritation was induced as instantly to close it spasmodically on ...
... carbonic acid gas ; but it was in vain that he made voluntary efforts to draw it into the windpipe ; for , the moment the epiglottis was raised a little , such a painful irritation was induced as instantly to close it spasmodically on ...
Page 169
... acid and extractive matter ) , he employed the solutions of the salts of alumina and those of the peroxidated salts ... carbonic acid is always present ; and carbonate of potash and sulphate of baryta mutually decom- pose each other ...
... acid and extractive matter ) , he employed the solutions of the salts of alumina and those of the peroxidated salts ... carbonic acid is always present ; and carbonate of potash and sulphate of baryta mutually decom- pose each other ...
Page 272
... carbonic acid ; -and fourthly , that if the specific gravities of the new substances were less than that of water , it was be- cause hydrogen was associated with carbon in the combination . It is scarcely necessary to state , that the ...
... carbonic acid ; -and fourthly , that if the specific gravities of the new substances were less than that of water , it was be- cause hydrogen was associated with carbon in the combination . It is scarcely necessary to state , that the ...
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