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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... Decomposition of the Fixed Alkalies Potassium Sodium . - The Questions to which the discovery gave rise . - Interesting Extracts from the Ma- nuscript notes of the Laboratory . - Potash decomposed by a che- mical process . Letters to ...
... Decomposition of the Fixed Alkalies Potassium Sodium . - The Questions to which the discovery gave rise . - Interesting Extracts from the Ma- nuscript notes of the Laboratory . - Potash decomposed by a che- mical process . Letters to ...
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... experiments he concluded , that the different orders of the marine Cryptogamia were capable of decomposing water , when assisted by the attraction of light for oxygen . His instruments , however , were of the rudest de- 40 THE LIFE OF.
... experiments he concluded , that the different orders of the marine Cryptogamia were capable of decomposing water , when assisted by the attraction of light for oxygen . His instruments , however , were of the rudest de- 40 THE LIFE OF.
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... decomposition , detected the strontian . We open- ed a fine vein of it about a fortnight ago , at the Old Passage ... decompose the boracic and muriatic acids , by passing phosphorus , in vapour , through muriate , and borate of lime ...
... decomposition , detected the strontian . We open- ed a fine vein of it about a fortnight ago , at the Old Passage ... decompose the boracic and muriatic acids , by passing phosphorus , in vapour , through muriate , and borate of lime ...
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... decomposition ; but that , on reaching the brain , the light is liberated in the form of Elec- tricity , which he believes to be identical with the nervous fluid . On this supposition , sensations and ideas are nothing more than motions ...
... decomposition ; but that , on reaching the brain , the light is liberated in the form of Elec- tricity , which he believes to be identical with the nervous fluid . On this supposition , sensations and ideas are nothing more than motions ...
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... decomposition of a portion of Euchlorine , a com- pound which he subsequently discovered in 1811. In the year 1813 , Chevreul announced , as a new discovery , that if strontian be heated in contact with muriatic acid gas , the gas is ...
... decomposition of a portion of Euchlorine , a com- pound which he subsequently discovered in 1811. In the year 1813 , Chevreul announced , as a new discovery , that if strontian be heated in contact with muriatic acid gas , the gas is ...
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