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... become elementary , and fitted to be phaned by those who enter , even for the first time , on the goudy tchanical science . After having seen that all the bodies termed Simple , may be poduced to a few roots or elements of their own ...
... become elementary , and fitted to be phaned by those who enter , even for the first time , on the goudy tchanical science . After having seen that all the bodies termed Simple , may be poduced to a few roots or elements of their own ...
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... classes are to be placed in the same order of natural bodies , and can- not be separated the one from the other , by so wide a chasm as a distinct molecular constitution . But it has become a maxim , in which all 8 CHEMICAL ELEMENTS .
... classes are to be placed in the same order of natural bodies , and can- not be separated the one from the other , by so wide a chasm as a distinct molecular constitution . But it has become a maxim , in which all 8 CHEMICAL ELEMENTS .
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David Low. But it has become a maxim , in which all chemists have been contented to acquiesce , that a body is to be regarded as simple , because we are not able to shew that it is com- pound . Yet a juster maxim would be , that a body ...
David Low. But it has become a maxim , in which all chemists have been contented to acquiesce , that a body is to be regarded as simple , because we are not able to shew that it is com- pound . Yet a juster maxim would be , that a body ...
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... becomes instantly incandescent ; and if oxygen gas or common air be present , the hydrogen gas is inflamed ; and if the mixture of gases be nearly in the pro- portion to form water , detonation takes place . It would appear from this ...
... becomes instantly incandescent ; and if oxygen gas or common air be present , the hydrogen gas is inflamed ; and if the mixture of gases be nearly in the pro- portion to form water , detonation takes place . It would appear from this ...
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... becomes , as it were , charged with light , which it gives off again in the dark . Acids and alka- lies the most powerful , have no action upon it . In close vessels it resists the most intense heat without fusing ; but if it is exposed ...
... becomes , as it were , charged with light , which it gives off again in the dark . Acids and alka- lies the most powerful , have no action upon it . In close vessels it resists the most intense heat without fusing ; but if it is exposed ...
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