Cyclopadic Science SimplifiedF. Warne and Company, 1869 - 685 pages |
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... oxygen than the one to which the termination ic had been given . Then the prefix per has been used to denote this , as chloric acid HCIO ,, and perchloric acid , HCIO .. An acid containing less oxygen than the one ending in ous has the ...
... oxygen than the one to which the termination ic had been given . Then the prefix per has been used to denote this , as chloric acid HCIO ,, and perchloric acid , HCIO .. An acid containing less oxygen than the one ending in ous has the ...
Page 545
... Oxygen ( ogus acid , yevva'w to produce ) , while others styled it Empyreal , or Vital Air . One method of preparing oxygen gas has already been mentioned , viz . , that of heating the red oxide of mercury . This may be easily done in a ...
... Oxygen ( ogus acid , yevva'w to produce ) , while others styled it Empyreal , or Vital Air . One method of preparing oxygen gas has already been mentioned , viz . , that of heating the red oxide of mercury . This may be easily done in a ...
Page 549
... oxygen gas . 100 volumes of water dissolve 4'11 volumes of oxygen at 32 ° F. 59 ° " 100 " 9 2'99 REMARKS . 29 It has been ascertained that oxygen possesses weak but decidedly magnetic properties , like those of iron , liable to ...
... oxygen gas . 100 volumes of water dissolve 4'11 volumes of oxygen at 32 ° F. 59 ° " 100 " 9 2'99 REMARKS . 29 It has been ascertained that oxygen possesses weak but decidedly magnetic properties , like those of iron , liable to ...
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