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... potassium and sodium as combinations of the alkalies with hydrogen , and to class them amongst the compound substances called hydrurets : subsequent experiments have led them to in- cline to the opinion of Mr. Davy , and to regard potassium ...
... potassium and sodium as combinations of the alkalies with hydrogen , and to class them amongst the compound substances called hydrurets : subsequent experiments have led them to in- cline to the opinion of Mr. Davy , and to regard potassium ...
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... Potassium has an amazing attraction for oxygen ; their combination is quick , and the heat and light intense . The result of all such powerfully energetic attractions is a compound which is neutral as to other bodies . Such a body is ...
... Potassium has an amazing attraction for oxygen ; their combination is quick , and the heat and light intense . The result of all such powerfully energetic attractions is a compound which is neutral as to other bodies . Such a body is ...
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... potassium . Why then may it not be capable of dissolving carbon ? There is a gas which rises in considerable quantity from stagnant waters during the summer season . It was ex- amined by Cruickshanks and Dalton ; and both of them ...
... potassium . Why then may it not be capable of dissolving carbon ? There is a gas which rises in considerable quantity from stagnant waters during the summer season . It was ex- amined by Cruickshanks and Dalton ; and both of them ...
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... potassium for oxymu- riatic gas , is shown by its spontaneous inflammation in that substance , and by the vividness of the combustion . I satisfied myself , by various minute experiments , that no wa- ter is separated in this operation ...
... potassium for oxymu- riatic gas , is shown by its spontaneous inflammation in that substance , and by the vividness of the combustion . I satisfied myself , by various minute experiments , that no wa- ter is separated in this operation ...
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... potassium cannot be made to inflame , without heat in oxymuriatic gas . In all experiments in which I fused the potassium upon glass , the retorts broke in pieces in conse- quence of the violence of the combustion , and even in two ...
... potassium cannot be made to inflame , without heat in oxymuriatic gas . In all experiments in which I fused the potassium upon glass , the retorts broke in pieces in conse- quence of the violence of the combustion , and even in two ...
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