 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1843 - 678 pages
...like oil, they may, for all practical purposes, be classed with it. Oil and gas both contain carbon and hydrogen, and it is by the combination of these...oxygen of the air that light is evolved. The carbon produced carbonic acid, which is deleterious in its nature and oppressive in its action, in closed... | |
 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1844 - 486 pages
...like oil, they may, for all practical purposes, be classed with it. Oil and gas both contain carbon and hydrogen, and it is by the combination of these...0- 12 of a pound of hydrogen, 0-78 of carbon, and Ol of oxygen; when burnt it produces 1 • 06 of water, and 2 • 86 of carbonic acid, and the oxygen... | |
 | William Newton - 1844 - 540 pages
...Mke oil, they may, for all practical purposes, be classed with it. Oil and gas both contain carbon and hydrogen, and it is by the combination of these...hydrogen produces water. A pound of oil contains about 0*1-2 of a pound of hydrogen, 0*78 of carbon, and O'l of oxygen; when burnt it produces 1'06 of water,... | |
 | 1844 - 950 pages
...until they are rendered fluid, like oil, they cannot be burnt. Now oil and gas both contain carbon and hydrogen, and it is by the combination of these elements with the oxygen of the air that the light is evolved. The carbon produces carbonic acid, which is deleterious in its nature, and oppressive... | |
 | Thomas Webster - 1845 - 598 pages
...be burned, for all practical purposes they may be classed with it. Oil and gas both contain carbon and hydrogen ; and it is by the combination of these...hydrogen produces water. A pound of oil contains about 0-12 of a pound of hydrogen, 0-78 of carbon, and 0-1 of oxygen ; when burned, it produces 1-06 of water,... | |
 | 1843 - 508 pages
...like oil, they may, for all practical purposes, be classed with it. Oil and gas both contain carbon and hydrogen, and it is by the combination of these...oxygen of the air that light is evolved. The carbon produced carbonic acid, which is deleterious in its nature and oppressive in its action, in closed... | |
 | 1843 - 884 pages
...burnt, they may for all practicable purposes be classed with it. Now, oil and gas both contain carbon and hydrogen, and it is by the combination of these elements with the oxygen of the air, that the light is evolved. The carbon produces carbonic acid, which is deleterious in its nature, and oppressive... | |
 | Thomas Webster, Mrs. William Parkes - 1852 - 1298 pages
...cannot be burnt, for all practical purposes they may be classed with it. Oil and gas both contain carbon and hydrogen -. and it is by the combination of these...hydrogen produces water. A pound of oil contains about 0-12 of a pound of hydrogen, 078 of carbon, and 0- 1 of oxygen ; when burnt, it produces I '06 of water,... | |
 | Charles Wye Williams - 1858 - 294 pages
...may be represented by oil and coal gas. Both contain carbon and hydrogen, and it is by the combustion of these elements with the oxygen of the air that...and oppressive in its action in closed apartments. The hydrogen produces water. A pound of oil contains about 0'12 of a pound of hydrogen, 0 '78 of carbon,... | |
 | Charles Wye Williams - 1858 - 342 pages
...may be represented by oil and coal gas. Both contain carbon and hydrogen, and it is by the combustion of these elements with the oxygen of the air that...and oppressive in its action in closed apartments. The hydrogen produces water. A pound of oil contains about 0'12 of a pound of hydrogen, 0'78of carbon,... | |
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... be classed with it. Oil and gas both contain carbon and hydrogen, and it is by the combination of these elements, with the oxygen of the air, that light is evolved. The carbon produces carbonic acid, which is deleterious in its nature and oppressive... 
