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... oxygen : now 7 cub . inches of oxygen measured at the temperature and pressure of Lavoisier's experiment , weigh 3 grains . Therefore the 45 grains of red solid formed by slowly burning mercury in air consisted of , or were formed by ...
... oxygen : now 7 cub . inches of oxygen measured at the temperature and pressure of Lavoisier's experiment , weigh 3 grains . Therefore the 45 grains of red solid formed by slowly burning mercury in air consisted of , or were formed by ...
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... oxygen taken from the air , and that the mass of this product of the burning of magnesium is greater than the mass of the magnesium used . The magnesium has been changed by adding to , or combining with , it , another kind of matter ...
... oxygen taken from the air , and that the mass of this product of the burning of magnesium is greater than the mass of the magnesium used . The magnesium has been changed by adding to , or combining with , it , another kind of matter ...
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... oxygen has been accurately determined , the weight of oxygen produced in the process is easily calculated from the observed volume of the oxygen . In this experiment , one kind of matter - potassium chlorate -has been changed , by the ...
... oxygen has been accurately determined , the weight of oxygen produced in the process is easily calculated from the observed volume of the oxygen . In this experiment , one kind of matter - potassium chlorate -has been changed , by the ...
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... oxygen previously combined with copper ; ( 3 ) that the mass of the oxygen thus taken away from combination with copper is less than the mass of the copper oxide , and the mass of the copper thus removed from combination with oxygen is ...
... oxygen previously combined with copper ; ( 3 ) that the mass of the oxygen thus taken away from combination with copper is less than the mass of the copper oxide , and the mass of the copper thus removed from combination with oxygen is ...
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... oxygen ; water into hydrogen and oxygen ; copper oxide into copper and oxygen : the potassium chloride , or the oxygen , weighed less than the potassium chlorate ; the hydrogen , or the oxygen , weighed less than the water ; the copper ...
... oxygen ; water into hydrogen and oxygen ; copper oxide into copper and oxygen : the potassium chloride , or the oxygen , weighed less than the potassium chlorate ; the hydrogen , or the oxygen , weighed less than the water ; the copper ...
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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.