Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Volume 14Taylor & Francis, 1865 |
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acetate acetic ether action alcohol amyl animal appears aqueous aqueous humour Board of Trade body boiling Brochantite bubbles C₂ carbonate carbonic acid cartilage chloride of lithium colloid colloid acid commissure compound corpus callosum corresponding crystals dark-bordered fibres deviation diameter digitaline disk distilled distinctly equation ether ethyl experiments fluid formula fundamental conic grains of chloride H₁ heat hydride hydrochloric acid hyperbola inch intersect inverse curve iodide iron lens leucate liquid acid lithium magnetic marsupial mass matter means minutes muscle muscular fibres nerve-fibres nerves observations Observatory obtained oxalate oxide paper pass plane present President and Council principal line quantity right line Royal Navy Royal Society salt ships showed lithium showed no lithium soluble solution specific gravity spots strontium substance sulphuric acid surface tangent temperature thallium tion tissue traces of lithium tube urine vessels vibrations
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