Household Chemistry; Or, The Rudiments of the Science Applied to Every-day LifeSampson Low, 1853 - 16 Seiten |
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... blood - The serum and the clot - The fibrine of meat-- The chemistry of flesh - Tenderness in meat — necessity for re- taining albumen in meat intended to be eaten - On boiling salt - meat - The flesh of poultry sooner cooked than ...
... blood - The serum and the clot - The fibrine of meat-- The chemistry of flesh - Tenderness in meat — necessity for re- taining albumen in meat intended to be eaten - On boiling salt - meat - The flesh of poultry sooner cooked than ...
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... blood , unless nitrogen forms a portion of it . Although it will not support respiration , the fact of its forming so large a portion of the air , proves its harmlessness . We are doubtless unacquainted with many of its uses , but we ...
... blood , unless nitrogen forms a portion of it . Although it will not support respiration , the fact of its forming so large a portion of the air , proves its harmlessness . We are doubtless unacquainted with many of its uses , but we ...
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... blood unites with the oxygen of the air , and forms carbonic acid . The com- bustion of wood and coal , the processes of decay , fermentation , and putrefaction , are largely pro- ductive of this gas . Whenever carbon unites with oxygen ...
... blood unites with the oxygen of the air , and forms carbonic acid . The com- bustion of wood and coal , the processes of decay , fermentation , and putrefaction , are largely pro- ductive of this gas . Whenever carbon unites with oxygen ...
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... blood takes place , would not , as now , be emptied at each exhala- tion of the heavy carbonic acid which they contain ; but the process would , after a few minutes , be sus- pended , and death would ensue . It is , indeed , a most ...
... blood takes place , would not , as now , be emptied at each exhala- tion of the heavy carbonic acid which they contain ; but the process would , after a few minutes , be sus- pended , and death would ensue . It is , indeed , a most ...
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... blood , or white of egg , is added . Now I need scarcely mention that white of egg , when heated to a certain extent , becomes solid ; and as the serum of blood also contains albumen like white of egg , and the one cannot be distin ...
... blood , or white of egg , is added . Now I need scarcely mention that white of egg , when heated to a certain extent , becomes solid ; and as the serum of blood also contains albumen like white of egg , and the one cannot be distin ...
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acetic acetic acid albumen alcohol ammonia amount animal Argand burner becomes blood bodies bread burns butter called candle carbonate of lime carbonate of potash carbonate of soda carbonic acid caseine cassava caustic cent charcoal chemical chemistry clay coal coal-gas cocoa coffee cold color combination combustion composition compound consist constituents contains converted copper crystals derived dissolved elements equivalent evaporation fermentation fibrine flame flesh flour formula gases glass gluten gold grape heat hydrochloric acid hydrogen inflamed insoluble iron juice light liquid manufacture margarine matter meat melted metal milk mixed nature nitrogen obtained oleine owing oxide oxygen phosphorus plants possesses produced properties proportion pure quantity salt silica silver slaked lime soap sodium solid soluble soluble in water solution specific gravity spermaceti starch stearine substance sugar sulphur sulphuret symbol tained tallow taste temperature tion vapour vegetables vinegar weight white of egg wine
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Seite 163 - Yet by some such fortuitous liquefaction, was mankind taught to procure a body at once in a high degree solid and transparent, which might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind ; which might extend the sight of the philosopher to new ranges of existence, and charm him at one time with the unbounded extent of the material creation, and at another with the endless subordination of animal life ; and, what is yet of more importance, might supply the decays of nature, and succour...
Seite 106 - On the other hand, when the labourer earns by his work less than is required to provide the amount of food which is indispensable in order to restore fully his working power, an unyielding, inexorable law or necessity compels him to have recourse to spirits. He must work, but in consequence of insufficient food, a certain portion of his working power is daily wanting. Spirits, by their action on the nerves, enable him to make up the deficient power at the expense of Ms body, to consume to day that...
Seite 37 - I have frequently taken one of these bladders, and pricking a hole therein with a pin, and compressing gently the bladder, near the flame of a candle till it once took fire, it would then continue flaming till all the spirit was compressed out of the bladder...
Seite 100 - In no part of Germany do the apothecaries' establishments bring so low a price as in the rich cities on the Rhine ; for there wine is the universal medicine for the healthy as well as the sick, it is considered as milk for the aged (see Appendix).
Seite 18 - ... property of radiating their heat, and of thus becoming cool with different degrees of rapidity, and those substances which in the air become cool first, also attract first and most abundantly the particles of falling dew.
Seite 164 - ... of nature, and succour old age with subsidiary sight. Thus was the first artificer in glass employed, though without his own knowledge or expectation. He was facilitating and prolonging the enjoyment of light, enlarging the avenues of science, and conferring the highest and most lasting pleasures ; he was enabling the student to contemplate nature, and the beauty to behold herself.
Seite 118 - IT was not till the end of this reign [Henry VIII.] that any salads, carrots, turnips, or other edible roots were produced in England. The little of these vegetables that was used was formerly imported from Holland and Flanders. Queen Catherine, when she wanted a salad, was obliged to despatch a messenger thither on purpose.
Seite 37 - Bladders, and pricking a Hole therein with a Pin, and compressing gently the Bladder near the Flame of a Candle till it once took Fire, it would then continue flaming till all the Spirit was compressed out of the Bladder; which was the more surprising, because no one could discern any Difference in the Appearance between these Bladders and those which are filled with common Air.