Household Chemistry: Or, Rudiments of the Science Applied to Every-day LifeSampson Low & Son, 1854 - 384 Seiten |
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... obtained from its dross by amalgamation - Pro- cess for obtaining silver from some of the native sulphides of lead , which contain it in form of sulphide of silver - NOBLE and BASE metals - The whiteness and brilliancy of silver ...
... obtained from its dross by amalgamation - Pro- cess for obtaining silver from some of the native sulphides of lead , which contain it in form of sulphide of silver - NOBLE and BASE metals - The whiteness and brilliancy of silver ...
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... obtaining it from its ores , the SULPHIDE and CARBONATE OF ZINC . - 5 . LEAD - Galena or SULPHIDE OF LEAD , its most abundant ore - Process for extracting the metal - Poisonous character of salts of lead - Red and white lead used as ...
... obtaining it from its ores , the SULPHIDE and CARBONATE OF ZINC . - 5 . LEAD - Galena or SULPHIDE OF LEAD , its most abundant ore - Process for extracting the metal - Poisonous character of salts of lead - Red and white lead used as ...
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... obtain their carbon ? Can it be produced by plants ? What does a seed consist of ? What three conditions are necessary to ... obtained from ? Whence its name ? What are its properties ? Does it exist in nature in a free state ? 34. Can ...
... obtain their carbon ? Can it be produced by plants ? What does a seed consist of ? What three conditions are necessary to ... obtained from ? Whence its name ? What are its properties ? Does it exist in nature in a free state ? 34. Can ...
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... obtained by the destructive distillation * of coal . Although its application as a means of procuring artificial light is of modern invention , yet the germ of it may be traced back nearly two hundred years . Dr. Robert Clayton , Bishop ...
... obtained by the destructive distillation * of coal . Although its application as a means of procuring artificial light is of modern invention , yet the germ of it may be traced back nearly two hundred years . Dr. Robert Clayton , Bishop ...
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... obtained an act for the purpose of illuminating London streets , and before 1825 every oil - lamp in the public streets was displaced by gas . 63. In COAL , we see the remains of a vegetation which covered the earth before it was ...
... obtained an act for the purpose of illuminating London streets , and before 1825 every oil - lamp in the public streets was displaced by gas . 63. In COAL , we see the remains of a vegetation which covered the earth before it was ...
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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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