 | 1864 - 332 pages
...effect ia probably similar to that described in my paper on the " JDecompoiition of Water by Beat," where when the arc or electric spark is taken in aqueous...I analysed the gases obtained in these experiments j it was formed simply of a tube of glass, frequently not above ij millimetres in diameter, with a... | |
 | 1864 - 648 pages
...continued, no increased quantity of the gas is obtained, all beyond this minute quantity being «combined. If, however, the bubble of gas be collected, by allowing...formed simply of a tube of glass, frequently not above 2} millimetres in diameter, with a loop of wire hermetically sealed into one end, the other having... | |
 | Andrew Betts Brown - 1865 - 456 pages
...which the experiment is made has all the properties of platinum-black; so, if the spark from a Euhmkorf coil be taken in the vapour of water for several days,...mercury. " I have alluded to the eudiometer, by which I analyzed the gases obtained in these experiments; it was formed simply of a tube of glass, frequently... | |
 | 1865 - 566 pages
...of platinum-black; so, if the spark from a Ruhmkorf coil be taken in the vapour of water for"several days, a portion of gas is freed which is pure hydrogen,...mercury. " I have alluded to the eudiometer, by which I analyzed the gases obtained in these experiments; it was formed simply of a tube of glass, frequently... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1866 - 730 pages
...is liberated it is probably immediately recombined with the phosphorus ; possibly a minute residuum might escape recombination, but the circumstances...mercury. I have alluded to the eudiometer by which I analyzed the gases obtained in these experiments ; it was formed simply of a tube of glass, frequently... | |
 | William Robert Grove - 1874 - 498 pages
...which the experiment is made has all the properties of platinum-black; so if the spark from a Ruhmkorff coil be taken in the vapour of water for several days,...oxygen freed being probably changed into ozone and combined with the mercury or dissolved by the water. I have alluded to the eudiometer by which I analysed... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1866 - 742 pages
...interior of the glass tube in which the experiment is made has all the properties of platinum -black ; so if the spark from a Ruhmkorf coil be taken in the...mercury. I have alluded to the eudiometer by which I analyzed the gases obtained in these experiments ; it was formed simply of a tube of glass, frequently... | |
 | 1865 - 786 pages
...which the experiment is made has all the properties of platinum-black ; so if the spark from a Euhmkorf coil be taken in the vapour of water for several days,...formed simply of a tube of glass, frequently not above 2 J millimetres in diameter, with a loop of wire hermetically sealed into one end, the other having... | |
 | Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1864 - 526 pages
...has all the properties of platinum-black; so if the spark from a Ruhmkorf coil be taken in the vapor of water for several days, a portion of gas is freed...mercury. I have alluded to the eudiometer by which I analyzed the g-ises obtained in these experiments; it was formed simply of a tube of glass, frequently... | |
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If the arc be taken between platinum points in dry oxygen-gas over mercury, the gas diminishes indefinitely, until the mercury rises, and by reaching the point where the arc takes place, puts an end to (the experiment. I have caused as much as a cubic... 