The Philosophical Magazine: Or Annals of Chemistry, Mathematics, Astronomy, Natural History and General Science, Volume 4Richard Taylor and Company, 1828 - Physics |
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... Mercury , found at Culebras in Mexico Mr. Pentland's Observations on the Peruvian Andes , in reply to a Paper by M. Coquebert de Montbret , in the Annales des Sciences Naturelles .... .... 104 113 115 Mr. J. de C. Sowerby on the ...
... Mercury , found at Culebras in Mexico Mr. Pentland's Observations on the Peruvian Andes , in reply to a Paper by M. Coquebert de Montbret , in the Annales des Sciences Naturelles .... .... 104 113 115 Mr. J. de C. Sowerby on the ...
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... mercury in the pneumatic experiment of the mercurial shower . The other and less popular opinion is that the water is forced through the pores of the glass * . The following experiment , which I made on the 7th of May 1828 , in latitude ...
... mercury in the pneumatic experiment of the mercurial shower . The other and less popular opinion is that the water is forced through the pores of the glass * . The following experiment , which I made on the 7th of May 1828 , in latitude ...
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... Mercury , and Chlorate of Potassa , —all of which are treated of in the second volume , while the properties of oxygen are described in the first . With respect to Hydrogen Gas no advice is given to the young ex- perimenter to allow it ...
... Mercury , and Chlorate of Potassa , —all of which are treated of in the second volume , while the properties of oxygen are described in the first . With respect to Hydrogen Gas no advice is given to the young ex- perimenter to allow it ...
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... mercury is precipitated of a light red . In order to decompose the salt of potash , it was decomposed by acetate of lead ; and , contrary to all expectation , the weight of the precipitate was less than that of the potash - salt ...
... mercury is precipitated of a light red . In order to decompose the salt of potash , it was decomposed by acetate of lead ; and , contrary to all expectation , the weight of the precipitate was less than that of the potash - salt ...
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... mercury and tincture of galls . The ge- latine , in the solid state , is tanned in the two solutions , exactly like animal gelatine . The viscid principle , which has been several times mentioned , has not had its properties examined ...
... mercury and tincture of galls . The ge- latine , in the solid state , is tanned in the two solutions , exactly like animal gelatine . The viscid principle , which has been several times mentioned , has not had its properties examined ...
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Page 380 - The most accurate in observation, the most philosophical in contemplation, and the most faithful in description, amongst all the botanists of his own, or perhaps any other time.
Page 163 - ... the particle. In a few instances the particle was seen to turn on its longer axis. These motions were such as to satisfy me, after frequently repeated observation, that they arose neither from currents in the fluid, nor from its gradual evaporation, but belonged to the particle itself.
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Page 166 - I never failed to disengage the molecules in sufficient numbers to ascertain their apparent identity in size, form, and motion, with the smaller particles of the grains of pollen. I examined also various products of organic bodies, particularly the gum resins, and substances of vegetable origin, extending my inquiry even to pit-coal ; and in all these bodies molecules were found in abundance. I remark here also, partly as a caution to those who may hereafter engage in the same inquiry, that the dust...