The subject matter of a course of six lectures on the non-metallic elements, arranged by J. Scoffern1853 |
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... compounds : -the baser metals containing the same elements as gold , from which they differed on account of their association with im- purities . These impurities being separated , it was imagined that gold would remain . The agent ...
... compounds : -the baser metals containing the same elements as gold , from which they differed on account of their association with im- purities . These impurities being separated , it was imagined that gold would remain . The agent ...
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... compound not necessarily as being made up of a fixed invariable proportion of chlorine united with the metal silver . The remark is equally true as regards other compounds ; therefore , had the exact composition of chloride of silver ...
... compound not necessarily as being made up of a fixed invariable proportion of chlorine united with the metal silver . The remark is equally true as regards other compounds ; therefore , had the exact composition of chloride of silver ...
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... compounds in the case under notice , and Wenzell demonstrated by experiment that a similar remark applied to every decomposition of parallel kind . It is strange that Wenzell did not press to farther limits the curious fact made known ...
... compounds in the case under notice , and Wenzell demonstrated by experiment that a similar remark applied to every decomposition of parallel kind . It is strange that Wenzell did not press to farther limits the curious fact made known ...
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... compounds , drew up tables of decomposing proportionals , and in his " Geometry of the Chemical Elements , " published between the years 1792 and 1802 , arranged a series of tables showing the weight of each base capable of saturating ...
... compounds , drew up tables of decomposing proportionals , and in his " Geometry of the Chemical Elements , " published between the years 1792 and 1802 , arranged a series of tables showing the weight of each base capable of saturating ...
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... compounds with nitrogen , of which there are five , as displayed by the accompanying table . * WEIGHT . RATIO . N. 0 . N. 0 . Protoxide of nitrogen 14 8 1 1 Binoxide of nitrogen 14 16 1 2 Hyponitrous acid 14 24 1 3 Nitrous acid 14 32 4 ...
... compounds with nitrogen , of which there are five , as displayed by the accompanying table . * WEIGHT . RATIO . N. 0 . N. 0 . Protoxide of nitrogen 14 8 1 1 Binoxide of nitrogen 14 16 1 2 Hyponitrous acid 14 24 1 3 Nitrous acid 14 32 4 ...
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