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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... Sulphuric Acid , published in the 7th number of the Journal of Science , I assigned the numbers 4 , 5 , 6 , as respectively denot- ing the prime equivalents of soda , sulphuric acid , and potash . Minute researches , subsequently made ...
... Sulphuric Acid , published in the 7th number of the Journal of Science , I assigned the numbers 4 , 5 , 6 , as respectively denot- ing the prime equivalents of soda , sulphuric acid , and potash . Minute researches , subsequently made ...
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... acid , or merely two of its elements , in want of a little water to furnish ... sulphuric and nitric acids , the mo- ment they lose their water they should ... acid power , impairs also that of its alkaline antagonist . The ...
... acid , or merely two of its elements , in want of a little water to furnish ... sulphuric and nitric acids , the mo- ment they lose their water they should ... acid power , impairs also that of its alkaline antagonist . The ...
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... sulphuric acid , a copious precipitate of barytes falls , and the filtered liquor is merely water , holding in solution the oxygenized acid , or deutoxide of hy- drogen , combined with the acid itself . The class of acids has been ...
... sulphuric acid , a copious precipitate of barytes falls , and the filtered liquor is merely water , holding in solution the oxygenized acid , or deutoxide of hy- drogen , combined with the acid itself . The class of acids has been ...
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... acid is 35 gallons . It is much contaminated with tar ; is of a deep brown colour ; and has a sp . gr . of 1.025 ... sulphuric acid , a pure , perfectly colourless , and grateful vinegar rises in distillation . Its strength will be ...
... acid is 35 gallons . It is much contaminated with tar ; is of a deep brown colour ; and has a sp . gr . of 1.025 ... sulphuric acid , a pure , perfectly colourless , and grateful vinegar rises in distillation . Its strength will be ...
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... sulphuric acid a white insoluble gypsum . Muriate of barytes is a still nicer test . British fermented vinegars are allowed by law to contain a little sulphuric acid , but the quantity is frequently exceeded . Copper is discovered in ...
... sulphuric acid a white insoluble gypsum . Muriate of barytes is a still nicer test . British fermented vinegars are allowed by law to contain a little sulphuric acid , but the quantity is frequently exceeded . Copper is discovered in ...
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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.