Household Chemistry; Or, The Rudiments of the Science Applied to Every-day LifeSampson Low, 1853 - 16 Seiten |
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... called destruction of bodies by combustion - COAL - Coal gas - Light carburetted hydrogen , and olefiant gas , the main constituents of street gas - Cause of the light owing to the diffusion of carbon through the flame -Flame requires a ...
... called destruction of bodies by combustion - COAL - Coal gas - Light carburetted hydrogen , and olefiant gas , the main constituents of street gas - Cause of the light owing to the diffusion of carbon through the flame -Flame requires a ...
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... called a Thermometer . It is derived from two Greek words Oɛpuós ( thermos ) heat , and μɛrpέw ( metreo ) I measure . It does not show how much heat a body contains ; but it points out a difference in the heat of various bodies . The ...
... called a Thermometer . It is derived from two Greek words Oɛpuós ( thermos ) heat , and μɛrpέw ( metreo ) I measure . It does not show how much heat a body contains ; but it points out a difference in the heat of various bodies . The ...
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... called the Torricellian vacuum , from its having been observed by Torricelli to be free from air . There are several modifications of the barometer ; their action , however , is much the same as that which I have just described . Though ...
... called the Torricellian vacuum , from its having been observed by Torricelli to be free from air . There are several modifications of the barometer ; their action , however , is much the same as that which I have just described . Though ...
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... called from two Greek words , ove ( oxus ) acid , and yɛvváw ( gennao ) , I produce , because formerly supposed to be the only acidifying principle . This gas is most abundantly diffused throughout nature , forming as much as eight ...
... called from two Greek words , ove ( oxus ) acid , and yɛvváw ( gennao ) , I produce , because formerly supposed to be the only acidifying principle . This gas is most abundantly diffused throughout nature , forming as much as eight ...
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... called Vital air , from vita , life ; and Empyreal air , from ev ( en ) in , and up ( pyr ) fire . Water , also , absorbs it ; hence oxygen is always found in rain , snow , spring , and river water . oxygen contained in rain , as it ...
... called Vital air , from vita , life ; and Empyreal air , from ev ( en ) in , and up ( pyr ) fire . Water , also , absorbs it ; hence oxygen is always found in rain , snow , spring , and river water . oxygen contained in rain , as it ...
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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.