 | Charles W. Vincent, James Mason - Science - 1842 - 346 pages
...matter subsides, and in process of time leaves the water perfectly clear, the subsided matter being nothing but chalk. What occurs in this operation will be understood, if we suppose that 1 Ib. of chalk, after being burned to 9 oz. caustic lime, is dissolved, so as to form 40 gallons of... | |
 | Thomas Clark - Public health - 1841 - 24 pages
...by carbonic acid. Any lime-water may be mixed with another, and any solution of bicarbonate of lime with another, without any change being produced :...pound of chalk, after being burned to nine ounces of caustic lime, is dissolved, so as to form forty gallons of lime-water ; that another pound is dissolved... | |
 | john forbes m.d. f.r.s .f.g.s - 1841 - 606 pages
...the appearance of > _ well-mixed whitewash. When the white matter ceases to be produced, it subbides, and in process of time leaves the water above perfectly...pound of chalk, after being burned to nine ounces of caustic lime, is dissolved, so as to form forty gallons of lime-water ; that another pound is dissolved... | |
 | Pharmacy - 1843 - 800 pages
...by carbonic acid. "Any lime-water may be mixed with another, and any solution of bicarbonate of lime with another, without any change being produced :...pound of chalk, after being burned to nine ounces of caustic lime, is dissolved, so as to form forty gallons of lime-water ; that another pound is dissolved... | |
 | Edward Cresy - 1847 - 912 pages
...subsides, and in process of time leaves the water above perfectly clear ; the subsided matter being nothing but chalk. What occurs in this operation will be understood, if we suppose that 16 ounces of chalk, after being converted by burning into 9 ounces of quicklime, is dissolved, so as... | |
 | John Mitchell - Food - 1848 - 500 pages
...appears, this deepens into a whiteness, and the mixture soon acquires the appearance of a well mixed whitewash. When the white matter ceases to be produced,...pound of chalk, after being burned to nine ounces of caustic lime, is dissolved, so as to form forty gallons of lime water, and that another pound is dissolved... | |
 | 1848 - 1292 pages
...appears, this deepens into a whiteness, and the mixture soon acquires the appearance of a well mixed whitewash. When the white matter ceases to be produced...this operation will be understood, if we suppose that ono pound of chalk, after being burned to nine oTinces of quick-lime, is dissolved so as to form 40... | |
 | Sir Joseph Paxton - Botany - 1849 - 492 pages
...the facts stated, and compare them with practical results. Dr. Clark thus applies his theory : — " If we suppose that one pound of chalk after being burned to nine ounces of quick lime, be dissolved so as to form forty gallons of limewater : that another pound is dissolved... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Bills, Legislative - 1850 - 638 pages
...by carbonic acid. Any lime-water may be mixed with another, and any solution of bicarbonate of lime with another, without any change being produced. The...nine ounces of quicklime, is dissolved, so as to form 40 gallons of lime-water; that another pound is dissolved by seven ounces of extra carbonic acid, so... | |
 | WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS, EDINBURGH - 1851 - 716 pages
...chalk. Dr Clark endeavours to elucidate his theory by the following rationale:— What occurs in the operation will be understood if we suppose that one pound of chalk, after being burned to 9 ounces of quick-lime, is dissolved so as to form 40 gallons of lime-water; that another pound is... | |
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Any lime-water may be mixed with another, and any solution of bicarbonate of lime with another, without any change being produced. The clearness of the mixed solutions would be undisturbed. Not so, however, if limewater be mixed with a solution of bicarbonate... 