 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1840 - 346 pages
...very same, ingrediente in different proportions ; that a virulent poison may differ from tlio must wholesome food only in the difference of quantity...appearance from a piece of common salt or a bit of Hupar-candy ; and that diamond Is nothing more than charcoal, we need not greatly wonder at the extravagant... | |
 | 1844 - 520 pages
...a gas, a fluid, and a solid may consist of the very same ingredients in different proportions ; and a virulent poison may differ from the most wholesome...that the precious metals and the noblest gems might lie produced from the basest materials. These expectations, too, must have been often excited by the... | |
 | David Brewster - 1855 - 584 pages
...wholesome food only in the difference of quantity of the very same ingredients ; that gold and silver, and indeed all the metals, may be extracted from transparent...from a piece of common salt, or a bit of sugar-candy ; — that Aluminum, a metal with almost all the valuable properties of gold and platinum, can be extracted... | |
 | 1859 - 802 pages
...difference of quantity of the same ingredients; that gold and silver—and, indeed, all the metals—may be extracted from transparent crystals, which scarcely...differ in their appearance from a piece of common salt; that aluminium, a metal with many of the most valuable properties of gold and silver, can be extracted... | |
 | John Timbs - 1869 - 280 pages
...wholesome food only in the difference of quantity of the very same ingredients ; that gold and silver, and, indeed, all the metals, may be extracted from...from a piece of common salt or a bit of sugar-candy ; that Aluminium, a metal with almost all the valuable properties of gold and platinum, can be extracted... | |
 | David Brewster - 1874 - 346 pages
...difficult solution. When we consider that a gas, a fluid, and a solid, may consist of the very same ingredients in different proportions ; that a virulent...gems might be procured from the basest materials. Such hopes must have been often excited by the startling results of their daily experiments. The most... | |
 | 1844 - 520 pages
...wholesome food only in the difference of quantity of the very same elements ; that gold and stiver, and lead and mercury, and indeed all the metals, may...appearance from a piece of common salt or a bit of sngaicandy; and that diamond is nothing more Ihan charcoal — we need not greatly wonder at the extravagant... | |
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... that a virulent poison may differ from the most wholesome food only in the difference of quantity of the very same elements ; that gold and silver, and lead and mercury, and indeed all the metals, may be extracted from transparent crystals, which... 