A Dictionary of Chemistry, on the Basis of Mr. Nicholson's: In which the Principles of the Science are Investigated Anew, and Its Applications to the Phenomena of Nature, Medicine, Mineralogy, Agriculture, and Manufactures, Detailed, Volume 1 |
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... coal , and coal- gas , distillation , dyeing , ether , fat , fermentation , glass , ink , iron , ores , potash , pottery , salt , soap , soda , steel , sugar , tanning , & c . The general reader will find , it is hoped , instruction ...
... coal , and coal- gas , distillation , dyeing , ether , fat , fermentation , glass , ink , iron , ores , potash , pottery , salt , soap , soda , steel , sugar , tanning , & c . The general reader will find , it is hoped , instruction ...
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... coal , and like it , is undoubtedly of organic origin . We shall treat of them all in alphabetical order , only joining those acids together which gradu- ate , so to speak , into each other , as hypo- sulphurous , sulphurous and ...
... coal , and like it , is undoubtedly of organic origin . We shall treat of them all in alphabetical order , only joining those acids together which gradu- ate , so to speak , into each other , as hypo- sulphurous , sulphurous and ...
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... coal is found to weigh no more than one- fifth of the wood employed . Hence nearly one half of the ponderable matter of the wood is dissipated in incondensable gases . Count Rumford states , that charcoal is equal in weight to more than ...
... coal is found to weigh no more than one- fifth of the wood employed . Hence nearly one half of the ponderable matter of the wood is dissipated in incondensable gases . Count Rumford states , that charcoal is equal in weight to more than ...
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... coals they swell , turn black , give out am- monia and prussic acid , and leave a bulky coal . With the alkalis this acid forms very soluble salts , but it does not decompose the carbonate without the assistance of heat . It does not ...
... coals they swell , turn black , give out am- monia and prussic acid , and leave a bulky coal . With the alkalis this acid forms very soluble salts , but it does not decompose the carbonate without the assistance of heat . It does not ...
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... coal powder . A few drops of water , de- void of acidity , will be found in the receiv- er . With sulphur the phenomena are differ- ent . If a mixture of six parts of arsenic acid , and one of powdered sulphur , be di- gested together ...
... coal powder . A few drops of water , de- void of acidity , will be found in the receiv- er . With sulphur the phenomena are differ- ent . If a mixture of six parts of arsenic acid , and one of powdered sulphur , be di- gested together ...
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Page 11 - Monge has discovered that the pyroligneous acid obtained from the distillation of wood has the property of preventing the decomposition and putrefaction of animal substances. It is sufficient to plunge meat for a few moments into this acid, even slightly empyreumatic, to preserve it as long as you please.
Page 11 - The crude pyrolignous acid is rectified by a second distillation in a copper still, in the body of which about 20 gallons of viscid tarry matter are left from every 100. It has now become a transparent brown vinegar, having a considerable empyrcumatic smell, and a sp.