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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... Phosphorus and Sulphur , & c.— He discovers Hydro - phosphoric gas . - Important Illustrations of the Theory of Definite Proportionals . - Bodies precipitated from water are Hydrats . His letter to Sir Joseph Banks on a new detonating ...
... Phosphorus and Sulphur , & c.— He discovers Hydro - phosphoric gas . - Important Illustrations of the Theory of Definite Proportionals . - Bodies precipitated from water are Hydrats . His letter to Sir Joseph Banks on a new detonating ...
Page 66
... phosphorus , in vapour , through muriate , and borate of lime , heated red . Phosphate of lime was found in the experi- ment on the boracic acid ; but , as no pneumatic apparatus was employed , the experiment was uncer- tain . We shall ...
... phosphorus , in vapour , through muriate , and borate of lime , heated red . Phosphate of lime was found in the experi- ment on the boracic acid ; but , as no pneumatic apparatus was employed , the experiment was uncer- tain . We shall ...
Page 78
... phosphorus or sul- phur , in the gaseous state , in contact with the acid gases in a tube heated intensely ; secondly , to send sulphur in the gaseous state through muriate of copper or lead , heated white . The attraction of sulphur ...
... phosphorus or sul- phur , in the gaseous state , in contact with the acid gases in a tube heated intensely ; secondly , to send sulphur in the gaseous state through muriate of copper or lead , heated white . The attraction of sulphur ...
Page 130
John Ayrton Paris. invisible deoxidating rays will produce light , when absorbed by solar phosphorus . The most curious galvanic facts lately noticed , are the combustion of gold , silver , and platina . Pro- fessor Tromsdorf , by ...
John Ayrton Paris. invisible deoxidating rays will produce light , when absorbed by solar phosphorus . The most curious galvanic facts lately noticed , are the combustion of gold , silver , and platina . Pro- fessor Tromsdorf , by ...
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... phosphoric acid ; but the phosphate of alumina is a body that might very easily have escaped notice at a period when mineral analysis was in a far less advanced state than it is at present . On the 16th of May 1805 , Davy communicated ...
... phosphoric acid ; but the phosphate of alumina is a body that might very easily have escaped notice at a period when mineral analysis was in a far less advanced state than it is at present . On the 16th of May 1805 , Davy communicated ...
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