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Page 44
... decomposed and the whole of the chlorine formerly combined with nitrogen and hydrogen enters into combination with the silver to form silver chloride . Silver chloride is a heavy white solid ; when it is formed as described from ...
... decomposed and the whole of the chlorine formerly combined with nitrogen and hydrogen enters into combination with the silver to form silver chloride . Silver chloride is a heavy white solid ; when it is formed as described from ...
Page 45
... decomposed by 100 parts of silver . The fol- lowing numbers are selected from the results obtained by Stas . 100 parts by weight of silver were required to remove , and enter into combination with , all the chlorine from a parts by ...
... decomposed by 100 parts of silver . The fol- lowing numbers are selected from the results obtained by Stas . 100 parts by weight of silver were required to remove , and enter into combination with , all the chlorine from a parts by ...
Page 70
... decomposed , hydrogen and oxygen , were collected separately and examined . In the second process , a portion of one of the gases , hydrogen , was obtained , but the other gas , and the rest of the hydrogen , combined with the sodium to ...
... decomposed , hydrogen and oxygen , were collected separately and examined . In the second process , a portion of one of the gases , hydrogen , was obtained , but the other gas , and the rest of the hydrogen , combined with the sodium to ...
Page 71
... decomposed by an electric current , hydrogen and oxygen are the only kinds of matter produced . Priestley had proved that when a mixture of air and 93 hydrogen was exploded in a closed vessel , water was found in the vessel after the ...
... decomposed by an electric current , hydrogen and oxygen are the only kinds of matter produced . Priestley had proved that when a mixture of air and 93 hydrogen was exploded in a closed vessel , water was found in the vessel after the ...
Page 72
... decomposed were slightly corroded , so he placed the re - distilled water in agate vessels and passed the electric current through it . But the result was as before ; traces of acid and alkali were produced . He used electrodes made of ...
... decomposed were slightly corroded , so he placed the re - distilled water in agate vessels and passed the electric current through it . But the result was as before ; traces of acid and alkali were produced . He used electrodes made of ...
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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.