The Collected Works: Researches, chemical and philosophical, chiefly concerning nitrous oxide, or dephlogisticated nitrous air, and its respiration, Volume 3

Smith, Elder and Company Cornhill, 1839 - 343 pages

EXPERIMENTS	2

RESEARCH I	5

Preliminaries	14

Experiment on the Formation of Nitrous Acid	25

Specific Gravity of Ammonia	40

Decomposition of Carbonate of Ammonia by Nitric Acid	47

Decomposition of Nitrate of Ammonia Production	53

Analysis of Nitrous Oxide	59

Action of Aëriform Nitrous Oxide on the Alkalies His	151

Combination of Nitrous Oxide with Soda	159

ON THE DECOMPOSITION OF NITROUS OXIDE BY COMBUSTIBLE	165

Mr Thomsons Theory of the difference between Nitric	166

RESEARCH III	196

DIVISION II	219

Of the Changes effected in Nitrous Oxide by Respiration	229

Respiration of Hydrogen	236

Conclusions	61

Of the Heat produced during the Decomposition of Nitrate	66

On the Preparation of Nitrous Oxide for Experiments	72

Analysis of Nitrous Gas by Charcoal	77

Additional Experiments	79

Of the Absorption of Nitrous Gas by Water	85

Of the Absorption of Nitrous Gas by Solution of pale	92

On the Absorption of Nitrous Gas by Solution of green	108

Absorption of Nitrous Gas by other Metallic Solutions	114

Of the Conversion of Nitrous Gas into Nitrous Oxide	120

Miscellaneous Observations on the Conversion of Nitrous	126

On the Action of the Electric Spark on a Mixture	137

Combinations of Nitrous Oxide with Fluid Inflammable	143

Additional Observations and Experiments on the Respira	243

Combination of Nitric Acid with Water	247

On the Respiration of Atmospheric Air	253

Respiration of Oxygen	259

Of Nitrous Vapour	266

DIVISION II	294

DIVISION III	315

Of the Effects of Nitrous Oxide upon persons inclined	318

Conclusion	324

Effects of Nitrous Oxide on Vegetation	333

Conclusions	334

Description of a Mercurial Airholder suggested	341

Copyright

Title	The Collected Works: Researches, chemical and philosophical, chiefly concerning nitrous oxide, or dephlogisticated nitrous air, and its respiration, Volume 3
Author	Humphry Davy
Editor	John Davy
Publisher	Smith, Elder and Company Cornhill, 1839
Original from	Deutsches Museum
Digitized	22 Feb 2017
Length	343 pages

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