Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics, Natural History, Agriculture, and the Arts, Volume 5Robert Baldwin, 1815 |
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... ammonia , potassium ; and continuing to the least combustible , as platinum , rhodium , iridium . If we suppose the series continued farther , we are led to the idea of a body absolutely incombustible . This body must possess in the ...
... ammonia , potassium ; and continuing to the least combustible , as platinum , rhodium , iridium . If we suppose the series continued farther , we are led to the idea of a body absolutely incombustible . This body must possess in the ...
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... Ammonia .-- The important experiment of Berzelius , who converted mercury into an amalgam , by causing the galvanic battery to act upon it when in contact with ammonia , has not yet been cleared up in a satisfactory manner . It follou's ...
... Ammonia .-- The important experiment of Berzelius , who converted mercury into an amalgam , by causing the galvanic battery to act upon it when in contact with ammonia , has not yet been cleared up in a satisfactory manner . It follou's ...
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... ( ammonia alone excepted ) , is a strong analogical argument in favour of the existence of oxygen in ammonia . It has accordingly induced Berzelius to enbrace that opinion ; and I must acknowledge that it is difficult to resist so very ...
... ( ammonia alone excepted ) , is a strong analogical argument in favour of the existence of oxygen in ammonia . It has accordingly induced Berzelius to enbrace that opinion ; and I must acknowledge that it is difficult to resist so very ...
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... ammonia employed to prepare this gas contains sal ammoniac , as is commonly the case , the gas which comes over is the same as that noticed by Proust and Vauquelin , which has a peculiar taste and odour , and acts with violence upon the ...
... ammonia employed to prepare this gas contains sal ammoniac , as is commonly the case , the gas which comes over is the same as that noticed by Proust and Vauquelin , which has a peculiar taste and odour , and acts with violence upon the ...
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... ammonia do not succeed ; and he verified the great specific gravity of this metal , having obtained it in grains of the specific gravity 17.4 . Now this is the mean of 1706 given by the Ei Luyarts , and 17 • 2 given by Allan and Aikin ...
... ammonia do not succeed ; and he verified the great specific gravity of this metal , having obtained it in grains of the specific gravity 17.4 . Now this is the mean of 1706 given by the Ei Luyarts , and 17 • 2 given by Allan and Aikin ...
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