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Page 27
... ammonia be confined in a tube over mercury ; and let a few pieces of charcoal ( previously heated to remove air from their pores ) be passed into the tube . The ammonia is rapidly absorbed by the charcoal , and the mercury rises in the ...
... ammonia be confined in a tube over mercury ; and let a few pieces of charcoal ( previously heated to remove air from their pores ) be passed into the tube . The ammonia is rapidly absorbed by the charcoal , and the mercury rises in the ...
Page 28
... ammonia and hydrogen chloride , respectively , from other kinds of matter . Ammonia and charcoal when brought together form a mixture ; both constituents are easily recognised in the mixture by the same properties as those by which they ...
... ammonia and hydrogen chloride , respectively , from other kinds of matter . Ammonia and charcoal when brought together form a mixture ; both constituents are easily recognised in the mixture by the same properties as those by which they ...
Page 32
... . Iron sulphide is as distinct and definite a kind of matter as iron or sulphur ; ammonium chloride is as distinct and definite a kind of matter as ammonia or hydrogen chloride ; 32 [ CHAP . III . ELEMENTARY CHEMISTRY .
... . Iron sulphide is as distinct and definite a kind of matter as iron or sulphur ; ammonium chloride is as distinct and definite a kind of matter as ammonia or hydrogen chloride ; 32 [ CHAP . III . ELEMENTARY CHEMISTRY .
Page 33
... ammonia and hydrogen chloride , which are produced by separating ammo- nium chloride into unlike parts , can , each , be further separated into two kinds of matter totally unlike either ammonia or hydrogen chloride . Ammonia is formed ...
... ammonia and hydrogen chloride , which are produced by separating ammo- nium chloride into unlike parts , can , each , be further separated into two kinds of matter totally unlike either ammonia or hydrogen chloride . Ammonia is formed ...
Page 34
... ammonia may be separated into nitrogen and hydrogen by passing electric sparks through it . Copper oxide was separated into copper and oxygen ( s . par . 28 ) by causing it to interact with hydrogen at a high temperature ; the results ...
... ammonia may be separated into nitrogen and hydrogen by passing electric sparks through it . Copper oxide was separated into copper and oxygen ( s . par . 28 ) by causing it to interact with hydrogen at a high temperature ; the results ...
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Page 73 - The fact that two volumes of hydrogen combine with one volume of oxygen to form...
Page 265 - ... the eighth element starting from a given one is a kind of repetition of the first, like the eighth note of an octave in music.
Page 196 - Now it is one great object of this work, to show the importance and advantage of ascertaining the relative weights of the ultimate particles, both of simple and compound bodies, the number of simple elementary particles which constitute one compound particle, and the number of less compound particles which enter into the formation of one more compound particle.
Page 11 - That there abides in nature a certain pure matter, which, being discovered and brought by art to perfection, converts to itself proportionally all imperfect bodies that it touches.
Page 182 - The total energy of any body or system of bodies is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any mutual action of such bodies, though it may be transformed into any one of the forms of which energy is susceptible.
Page 197 - When only one combination of two bodies can be obtained, it must be presumed to be a binary one, unless some cause appear to the contrary.
Page 175 - Waage formulate the law of mass thus chemical action is proportional to the active mass of each substance taking part in the change.
Page 192 - And it often makes a great difference with what things and in what position the same first-beginnings are held in union and what motions they mutually impart and receive...
Page 49 - Dalton, all substances combine in definite proportions or "equivalents" ; thus, 1 part by weight of hydrogen combines with 8 parts by weight of oxygen to form water.