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... azote , and the corro- sive sublimate is converted into calomel in consequence of the action of the ammonia at high temperatures . Heated with pot- ash , the ammonia is driven off , the chlorine is removed from the mercury , and red ...
... azote , and the corro- sive sublimate is converted into calomel in consequence of the action of the ammonia at high temperatures . Heated with pot- ash , the ammonia is driven off , the chlorine is removed from the mercury , and red ...
Page 162
... azote + 69.6 oxygen ; and Mr. Dalton 26.7 azote + 73.3 oxygen . Thus discordant are the latest determinations . " To which Dr. Ure adds , " I hope soon to be able to present to the public some researches , which may possibly tend to ...
... azote + 69.6 oxygen ; and Mr. Dalton 26.7 azote + 73.3 oxygen . Thus discordant are the latest determinations . " To which Dr. Ure adds , " I hope soon to be able to present to the public some researches , which may possibly tend to ...
Page 163
... azote by 26 , and one of oxygen by 15 , nitric acid must be composed of 25.742 azote 74.258 oxygen 100.000 The evidence which I shall next adduce as to the composition of nitric acid , is that stated by Dr. Wollaston , in his memoir on ...
... azote by 26 , and one of oxygen by 15 , nitric acid must be composed of 25.742 azote 74.258 oxygen 100.000 The evidence which I shall next adduce as to the composition of nitric acid , is that stated by Dr. Wollaston , in his memoir on ...
Page 164
... azote and oxygen are to each other in weight as 0.96913 to 1.10359 ; therefore a compound of 100 volumes of azote and 250 of oxygen consists of 25.995 azote . 74.005 100.000 These numbers , it will be observed , are nearly identical ...
... azote and oxygen are to each other in weight as 0.96913 to 1.10359 ; therefore a compound of 100 volumes of azote and 250 of oxygen consists of 25.995 azote . 74.005 100.000 These numbers , it will be observed , are nearly identical ...
Page 189
... azote and three of hydrogen . I beg leave also to refer you to vol . iii . p . 415 , of the Royal Institution Journal , where you give an extract from a German paper , of which you appear to have thought favourably . The results there ...
... azote and three of hydrogen . I beg leave also to refer you to vol . iii . p . 415 , of the Royal Institution Journal , where you give an extract from a German paper , of which you appear to have thought favourably . The results there ...
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