The spark taken in the same manner from zinc, cadmium, tin, bismuth, and lead, in the melted state, gives similar results ; but the number, position, and colours of the lines vary in each case. The appearances are so different that, by this mode of examination,... On the Connection of the Physical Sciences - Page 292by Mary Somerville - 1846 - 460 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1836 - 950 pages
...appropriate modification of the electro-magnet was employed. 4. The spark taken In the same manner from zinc, cadmium, tin, bismuth, and lead, in the...gives similar results; but the number, position, and colours of the lines vary in each case; the appearances are so different, that, by this mode of examination,... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1836 - 524 pages
...an appropriate modification of the electromagnet was employed. 2. The spark taken in the same manner from zinc, cadmium, tin, bismuth, and lead, in the...gives similar results; but the number, position, and colours of the lines varies in each case; the appearances are so different, that, bj this mode of examination,... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1836 - 516 pages
...an appropriate modification of the electromagnet was employed. 2. The spark taken in the same manner from zinc, cadmium, tin, bismuth, and lead, in the...gives similar results ; but the number, position, and colours of the lines varies in each case ; the appearances are so different, that, by this mode of... | |
| 1836 - 1042 pages
...electro-magnet was employed. •>. The spark taken in the same manner from zinc, cadmium, tin, bismuth, anil lead, in the melted state, gives similar results; but the number, position, and colours of the lines vary in each case; the appearances are so different, that, by this mode of examination,... | |
| Mary Somerville - 1840 - 858 pages
...close together, a bright green line, two blueish green lines near each other, a very y 4 bright purple line, and lastly a violet line. The spark taken from...gives similar results ; but the number, position, and colour of the lines vary so much in each case, and the appearances are so different, that the metals... | |
| Mary Somerville - 1846 - 496 pages
...continued action, that it ultimately surpasses the energy of the other. The two kinds of electricity differ in no circumstance more than in the development of...investigation. It appears, moreover, that the light does not arise from the combustion of the metal; for the Voltaic spark taken from mercury successively... | |
| Mary Somerville - 1849 - 568 pages
...close together, a bright green line, two blueish green lines near each other, a very bright purple line, and lastly a violet line. The spark taken from...gives similar results ; but the number, position, and colour of the lines vary so much in each case, and the appearances are so different, that the metals... | |
| Mary Somerville - 1853 - 492 pages
...lines close together, a bright green line, two bluish green lines near each other, a very bright purple line, and lastly a violet line. The spark taken from...investigation. It appears, moreover, that the light does not arise from the combustion of the metal; for the Voltaic spark taken from mercury successively... | |
| 1861 - 410 pages
...appropriate modification of the electro-magnet was employed. 2. The spark taken in the same manner from zinc, cadmium, tin, bismuth, and lead, in the...gives similar results ; but the number, position, and colours of the lines vary in each case. The appearances are so different that, by this mode of examination,... | |
| 1862 - 328 pages
...a violet line." z. " The spark taken in the same manner, from zinc, cadmium, tin, bismuth, and had in the melted state, gives similar results ; but the number, position, and colours of the lines vary in each case. The appearances are so different that by this mode of examination... | |
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