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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... compound . — He is injured in the eye by its explosion . -His second letter on the subject . - His paper on the Substances produced in different Chemical processes on Fluor Spar.— His work on Agricultural Chemistry - 358 THE LIFE OF SIR ...
... compound . — He is injured in the eye by its explosion . -His second letter on the subject . - His paper on the Substances produced in different Chemical processes on Fluor Spar.— His work on Agricultural Chemistry - 358 THE LIFE OF SIR ...
Page 107
... compound of oxygen and nitrogen ; where- as , in later years , he was amongst the first to insist upon its being simply a mechanical mixture of these gases . In consequence of the highly deleterious experi- ments which have been already ...
... compound of oxygen and nitrogen ; where- as , in later years , he was amongst the first to insist upon its being simply a mechanical mixture of these gases . In consequence of the highly deleterious experi- ments which have been already ...
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... compound . It will be remembered that Davy had made some early experiments on the collision of flint and steel in vacuo : * we find in the Royal Institution Jour- nal a farther investigation of the subject ; when he admits that ...
... compound . It will be remembered that Davy had made some early experiments on the collision of flint and steel in vacuo : * we find in the Royal Institution Jour- nal a farther investigation of the subject ; when he admits that ...
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... compounds of indefinite pro- portions , Davy answers- " It is not easy to prove , in such cases , that the elements are chemically combined , for the points of fu- sion of alkali , glass , and certain metallic oxides , are so near to ...
... compounds of indefinite pro- portions , Davy answers- " It is not easy to prove , in such cases , that the elements are chemically combined , for the points of fu- sion of alkali , glass , and certain metallic oxides , are so near to ...
Page 171
... compound . Gallic acid , he feels assured , does not produce any notable effects in the process ; but he thinks that the quality of the lea- ther depends , in some degree , upon the quantity of extractive matter it may imbibe . Skin ...
... compound . Gallic acid , he feels assured , does not produce any notable effects in the process ; but he thinks that the quality of the lea- ther depends , in some degree , upon the quantity of extractive matter it may imbibe . Skin ...
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