Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical, Part 2Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1864 - Chemistry |
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... burn dimly , and at length becomes extinct . But the taper ceases to burn long before the air is all spent ; the receiver still contains a large quantity of a gaseous body in which a candle will not burn . The results obtained by ...
... burn dimly , and at length becomes extinct . But the taper ceases to burn long before the air is all spent ; the receiver still contains a large quantity of a gaseous body in which a candle will not burn . The results obtained by ...
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... burn with extraordinary brilliancy . Many bodies which burn tranquilly in air often deflagrate with violence in oxygen . Phosphorus burns in it with a brilliancy which is painful to the eye , and in like manner sulphur and char- coal ...
... burn with extraordinary brilliancy . Many bodies which burn tranquilly in air often deflagrate with violence in oxygen . Phosphorus burns in it with a brilliancy which is painful to the eye , and in like manner sulphur and char- coal ...
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... burn with brilliant scintillations ; and zinc foil , tipped with sulphur and kindled , burns in oxygen with an intense bluish white light . Oxygen is essential to the support of animal life , and hence by the older chemists was termed ...
... burn with brilliant scintillations ; and zinc foil , tipped with sulphur and kindled , burns in oxygen with an intense bluish white light . Oxygen is essential to the support of animal life , and hence by the older chemists was termed ...
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... burns at the expense of the oxygen in the confined air , and being partially converted into vapour by the heat which attends the combustion , is diffused through the gas , and thus quickly searches out and combines with every portion of ...
... burns at the expense of the oxygen in the confined air , and being partially converted into vapour by the heat which attends the combustion , is diffused through the gas , and thus quickly searches out and combines with every portion of ...
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... burns slowly ; whilst , if still more diluted , it takes fire only just at the spot where the heat is applied , but the combustion does not spread through the mass . If a long tube , open at both ends , be held over a jet of burning ...
... burns slowly ; whilst , if still more diluted , it takes fire only just at the spot where the heat is applied , but the combustion does not spread through the mass . If a long tube , open at both ends , be held over a jet of burning ...
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absorbed action alkalies aluminum ammonia ammonium anhydrous arsenic atmosphere atoms barium becomes bisulphide boiling bromine burns calcium carbonate of sodium carbonic anhydride carbonic oxide caustic charcoal chlorate chloric acid chloride chromium cobalt colour colourless combination combustion composition compound condensed contains converted cool copper crystalline crystals cyanogen decomposed decomposition deposited diluted dissolved distilled evaporation excess expelled flame formed fumes fused gaseous gases glass H₂ H₂O hydrate hydrate of potash hydrochloric acid hydrogen ignited insoluble iodide iodine iron lime liquid magnesium manganese mass melted mercury metal mixed mixture nitrate nitric acid nitrogen nitrous obtained odour oil of vitriol oxalate oxide oxygen peroxide phosphate phosphorus platinum potassium powder precipitate produced proportion protoxide pure red heat retort salt sesquioxide silica silicon silver small quantity sodium soluble in water solution sulphide sulphuretted hydrogen sulphuric acid sulphurous anhydride tellurium temperature tion tube vapour volatile volume weight whilst yellow zinc