Cyclopadic Science SimplifiedF. Warne and Company, 1869 - 685 pages |
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Page 100
... Charcoal Crucible A , containing with the charcoal pole B , and the metal vapour- silver . Contact is made ized . Thallium - so cleverly discovered by Mr. Crookes , in 1861 , in certain kinds of iron pyrites , and so called from the ...
... Charcoal Crucible A , containing with the charcoal pole B , and the metal vapour- silver . Contact is made ized . Thallium - so cleverly discovered by Mr. Crookes , in 1861 , in certain kinds of iron pyrites , and so called from the ...
Page 290
... charcoal , such as would be used for the electric lamp . Of course all metallic connections must be bright and clean , and , directly the charcoal is dipped into the nitre , the oxidation of the charcoal occurs ; the nitre gives oxygen ...
... charcoal , such as would be used for the electric lamp . Of course all metallic connections must be bright and clean , and , directly the charcoal is dipped into the nitre , the oxidation of the charcoal occurs ; the nitre gives oxygen ...
Page 291
... charcoal placed in fused soda or potash give a very good current . The same experiment repeated , and a condensing electroscope used as the test of electrical excitation , with the precaution of supporting the charcoal on a glass rod ...
... charcoal placed in fused soda or potash give a very good current . The same experiment repeated , and a condensing electroscope used as the test of electrical excitation , with the precaution of supporting the charcoal on a glass rod ...
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