 | 1864 - 332 pages
...I found that with the oxy-hydrogen gas given oi from ignited platinum plunged into water, there wa always a greater or less quantity of nitrogen mixed...water, and set before myself this problem — what will b the effect of heat on water perfectly deprived of air or gas Two copper wires were placed parallel... | |
 | 1864 - 648 pages
...oxy-hydrogen gas giren of from ignited platinum plunged into water, there was always' a greater or leas quantity of nitrogen mixed ; this I could never entirely...copper wires were placed parallel to each other through ¿lie neck of a Florence cask, so as nearly to touch the bottom ; joining the lower ends of these was... | |
 | American Institute of the City of New York - 1864 - 724 pages
...ordinary way. Mr. Grove found that with the oxy-hydrogen gas, given off from ignited platinum plunged in water, there was always a greater or less quantity of nitrogen mixed, which led him to examine more carefully the phenomenon of boiling. He arranged two copper wires parallel... | |
 | Andrew Betts Brown - 1865 - 456 pages
...orifice, through which the vapour issues ; if it be boiled in an open vessel it continually re-absorbs air, and boils in the ordinary way. " In my experiments...parallel to each other through the neck of a Florence flask, so as nearly to touch the bottom ; joining the lower ends of these was a fine platinum wire,... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1866 - 730 pages
...if it be boiled in an open vessel, it continually reabsorbs air and boils in the ordinary way. In mv experiments on the decomposition of water by heat,...parallel to each other through the neck of a Florence flask, so as nearly to touch the bottom, joining the lower ends of these was a fine platinum wire,... | |
 | William Robert Grove - 1874 - 498 pages
...orifice, through which the vapour issues ; if it be boiled in an open vessel, it continually re-absorbs air and boils in the ordinary way. In my experiments...phenomenon of boiling water, and set before myself this problem—what will be the effect of heat on water perfectly deprived of air or gas ? Two copper wires... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1866 - 742 pages
...orifice, through which the vapour issues ; if it be boiled in an open vessel, it continually reabsorbs air and boils in the ordinary way. In my experiments...parallel to each other through the neck of a Florence flask, so as nearly to touch the bottom, joining the lower ends of these was a fine platinum wire,... | |
 | 1865 - 786 pages
...decomposition of water by heat, I found that with the oxyhydrogen gas given off from ignited platjnum plunged into water, there was always a greater or...parallel to each other through the neck of a Florence flask, so as nearly tu touch the bottom ; joining the lower ends of these was a fine platinom wire,... | |
 | Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1864 - 526 pages
...orifice, through which the vapor issues ; if it be boiled in an open vessel it continually re-absorbs air and boils in the ordinary way. In my experiments...mixed ; this I could never entirely get rid of, and was thus led into a more careful examination of the phenomenon of boiling water, and set before myself... | |
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... air and boils in the ordinary way. In my experiments on the decomposition of water by heat, I found that with the oxy-hydrogen gas given off from ignited platinum plunged into water, there was always a greater or less quantity of nitrogen mixed ;... 