Household Chemistry: Or, Rudiments of the Science Applied to Every-day LifeSampson Low & Son, 1854 - 384 Seiten |
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... metal - Vermilion or SULPHURET OF QUICKSILVER , the ore from which the metal is obtained - The process explained - Properties of pure mercury -- AMALGAMS -Silvering looking - glasses - Calomel and corrosive sublimate -PLATINUM CONTENTS .
... metal - Vermilion or SULPHURET OF QUICKSILVER , the ore from which the metal is obtained - The process explained - Properties of pure mercury -- AMALGAMS -Silvering looking - glasses - Calomel and corrosive sublimate -PLATINUM CONTENTS .
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... metal - Poisonous character of salts of lead - Red and white lead used as paints - Chromate of lead - Type - metal contains ANTIMONY . - 6 . TIN - Known from the earliest ages - Native oxide , its principal ore , abundant in Cornwall ...
... metal - Poisonous character of salts of lead - Red and white lead used as paints - Chromate of lead - Type - metal contains ANTIMONY . - 6 . TIN - Known from the earliest ages - Native oxide , its principal ore , abundant in Cornwall ...
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... fine sieve , a white powder is deposited by the milky liquid which passes through . This powder , when collected , forced through a metal sieve to granulate or corn it , and dried by agitation over a THE DINNER - TABLE . 143.
... fine sieve , a white powder is deposited by the milky liquid which passes through . This powder , when collected , forced through a metal sieve to granulate or corn it , and dried by agitation over a THE DINNER - TABLE . 143.
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... metal , lighter than water , and possessed of the remarkable property of burning with flame when thrown upon hot water . The latter is thereby decomposed ; its oxygen unites with the sodium , forming soda , whilst its hydrogen is set ...
... metal , lighter than water , and possessed of the remarkable property of burning with flame when thrown upon hot water . The latter is thereby decomposed ; its oxygen unites with the sodium , forming soda , whilst its hydrogen is set ...
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... metal POTASSIUM may be sepa- rated from the oxygen , with which in Potash it is combined . Potassium is a blueish - white metal of great lustre , having a strong tendency to attract · • oxygen , and to re - form potash . 190 CHEMISTRY OF.
... metal POTASSIUM may be sepa- rated from the oxygen , with which in Potash it is combined . Potassium is a blueish - white metal of great lustre , having a strong tendency to attract · • oxygen , and to re - form potash . 190 CHEMISTRY OF.
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acetic albumin alcohol alkaline ammonia animal becomes blue bread burns called carbonate of lime carbonate of potash carbonate of soda carbonic acid casein cent chemical CHEMISTRY chloride coal cold color colorless combination combustion common salt composed composition compound consist constituents contain copper crystals dissolves employed ether evaporated fermentation fibrin flame flesh flour fusible glass gold heat hydrate hydrochloric acid hydrogen insoluble iron juice lactic acid lead light liquid litmus manufacture matter meat melted mercury metal milk mixed nitric acid nitrogen obtained oil of vitriol oxalic acid oxide oxydized oxygen phosphate phosphoric acid phosphorus precipitate prepared produced properties Properties.-a proportion PROTOXIDE pure quantity silica silver soap sodium soluble soluble in water solution specific gravity starch substance sugar sulphate sulphide sulphuric acid symbol tained taste temperature tion vegetables vinegar washed weight wine yellow zinc
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Seite 186 - 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...
Seite 384 - MEDICAL LEXICON ; a Dictionary of Medical Science. Containing a concise explanation of the various subjects and terms of Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Hygiene, Therapeutics, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Surgery, Obstetrics, Medical Jurisprudence, and Dentistry.
Seite 384 - ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHEMISTRY, •° PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL : Embracing its application to the Arts, Metallurgy, Mineralogy, Geology, Medicine, and Pharmacy. By JAMES C. BOOTH, Melter and Refiner in the United States Mint, Professor of Applied Chemistry in the Franklin Institute, etc., assisted by CAMPBELL MORFIT, author of "Chemical Manipulations,
Seite 121 - 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 76 - ... in order to dry off any superfluous moisture. They remain for a very short time exposed in this manner, generally from one to two hours ; this, however, depends much upon the state of the weather. In the mean time the roasting-pans have been heated with a brisk wood-fire.
Seite 43 - 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 115 - 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 186 - ... 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.
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