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... ordinary conversa- tion . • But its value for candidates at Matriculation of the London University cannot be overrated , as it contains the answers to all the questions which have been set at that examination for about forty years ...
... ordinary conversa- tion . • But its value for candidates at Matriculation of the London University cannot be overrated , as it contains the answers to all the questions which have been set at that examination for about forty years ...
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... ordinary temperatures ; in the case of others , as zinc , iron , and lead , when moisture is present or when heated ; with others , as in the case of antimony and mercury , under the influence of heat . Most metallic oxides are reduced ...
... ordinary temperatures ; in the case of others , as zinc , iron , and lead , when moisture is present or when heated ; with others , as in the case of antimony and mercury , under the influence of heat . Most metallic oxides are reduced ...
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... ordinary temperature is liquid , but easily assumes the solid or gaseous form . When seen in small quantities it is colourless , but when observed in large quantities it has a bluish - green colour . When pure it is tasteless . It ...
... ordinary temperature is liquid , but easily assumes the solid or gaseous form . When seen in small quantities it is colourless , but when observed in large quantities it has a bluish - green colour . When pure it is tasteless . It ...
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... ordinary combustion ; it is , therefore , said to be a supporter of combustion . Bodies which burn in the air burn in oxygen with greatly increased splendour . If a taper be blown out and introduced into the gas while the wick remains ...
... ordinary combustion ; it is , therefore , said to be a supporter of combustion . Bodies which burn in the air burn in oxygen with greatly increased splendour . If a taper be blown out and introduced into the gas while the wick remains ...
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... ordinary hydrogen bottle , and is thoroughly dried by making it pass through a U tube filled with fragments of calcic chloride ( CaCl2 ) or pumice soaked in oil of vitriol ( H2SO1 ) . The gas which is formed from the combustion is con ...
... ordinary hydrogen bottle , and is thoroughly dried by making it pass through a U tube filled with fragments of calcic chloride ( CaCl2 ) or pumice soaked in oil of vitriol ( H2SO1 ) . The gas which is formed from the combustion is con ...
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