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... of that book in preparing my own ; but I venture to think I have incorporated in my general plan many important facts and principles which do not find a place in that admirable treatise . I have also regarded viii PREFACE .
... of that book in preparing my own ; but I venture to think I have incorporated in my general plan many important facts and principles which do not find a place in that admirable treatise . I have also regarded viii PREFACE .
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... regarded from the point of view of the great workers therein , it wears an aspect very different from that with which it confronts the mere text - book - taster . The book is divided into two parts . The first part is occupied with the ...
... regarded from the point of view of the great workers therein , it wears an aspect very different from that with which it confronts the mere text - book - taster . The book is divided into two parts . The first part is occupied with the ...
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... regarded function , or power of doing , as the essential subject of study . The greatest outcome of the work of the former school is the atomic hypothesis , now merged in the wider molecular theory of matter ; the most important result ...
... regarded function , or power of doing , as the essential subject of study . The greatest outcome of the work of the former school is the atomic hypothesis , now merged in the wider molecular theory of matter ; the most important result ...
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... regarded apart , in the present state of knowledge at any rate , without danger ; it may there- fore be that phenomena ranked by one chemist as statical would by another be classed as kinetical . I begin by considering the facts and ...
... regarded apart , in the present state of knowledge at any rate , without danger ; it may there- fore be that phenomena ranked by one chemist as statical would by another be classed as kinetical . I begin by considering the facts and ...
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... regarded of equal importance as concerns the history of the atomic theory . Richter studied the neutralisation of acids by bases , and of bases by acids , and shewed that a definite amount of acid ( or base ) always combines with a ...
... regarded of equal importance as concerns the history of the atomic theory . Richter studied the neutralisation of acids by bases , and of bases by acids , and shewed that a definite amount of acid ( or base ) always combines with a ...
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acetic affinity alcohol Annalen atomic heat atomic weights atoms of hydrogen Avogadro's law benzene beryllium Berzelius bodies bromine C. S. Journal Trans carbon carbon atom CH₂ chemical change chemistry chemists Chim chlorine combine Compt crystalline form cules decomposed definite determined directly DUMAS electrical electrolysis elementary atoms elements energy equivalent evolved expressed gaseous gases generalisations H₂O hence hydrated hydrogen atoms hydrogen peroxide hypothesis iodine isomerism isomorphous liquid metals method mole molecular heats molecular theory molecular weight molecules monovalent monovalent atoms neutralisation niobium nitric acid nitrogen number of atoms obtained oxide oxidised oxygen oxygen atom phenomena phosphorus Phys physical Pogg potassium probably produced properties quantity radicles reacting reactions regarded relative represented salts shew shewn sodium solid specific gravity specific heat structural formulæ substance sulphate sulphuric acid tellurium temperature tetravalent thermal value tion valency vapour volume zinc
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