 | Samuel Brown - 1858 - 382 pages
...on the top of the potash, the solid alkali began to fuse at both its points of ' electrisation.' ' There was a violent effervescence at the upper surface...visible characters to quicksilver, appeared, some of which burst with explosion and bright flame, as soon as they were formed, and others remained, and... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1908 - 692 pages
...alkali. . . . Under these circumstances a vivid action was soon observed to take place. The potash began to fuse at both its points of electrization....visible characters to quicksilver, appeared, some of which burnt with explosion and bright flame, as soon as they were formed, and others remained, and... | |
 | 1877 - 188 pages
...open atmosphere. Under these circumstances a vivid action was soon observed to take place. The potash began to fuse at both its points of electrization....visible characters to quicksilver, appeared, some of which burnt with explosion and bright flame, as soon as they were formed, and others remained, and... | |
 | Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer - 1884 - 524 pages
...soon observed to take place. The potash began to fuse at both its points of electrization. There waa a violent effervescence at the upper surface ; at...visible characters to quicksilver, appeared, some of which burnt with explosion and bright flame, as soon as they were formed, and others remained, and... | |
 | Thomas Corwin Mendenhall - 1887 - 246 pages
...open atmosphere. Under these circumstances a vivid action was soon observed to take place. The potash began to fuse at both its points of electrization....liberation of elastic fluid ; but small globules, having a bright metallic lustre, and being precisely similar in visible characters to quicksilver, appeared,... | |
 | Edwin James Houston - 1894 - 240 pages
...atmosphere." " Under these circumstances a vivid action was soon observed to take place. The potash began to fuse at both Its points of electrization. There was a violent effervescence at tho upper surface ; at the lower, or negative surface, there was no liberation of elastic Quid ; but... | |
 | Thomas Edward Thorpe - 1896 - 256 pages
...alkali. . . . " Under these circumstances a vivid action was soon observed to take place. The potash began to fuse at both its points of electrization....visible characters to quicksilver appeared, some of which burnt with explosion and bright flame, as soon as they were formed, and others remained, and... | |
 | 1898 - 826 pages
...action was soon observed to take place. The potash began to fuse at both its points of electrisation ; there was a violent effervescence at the upper surface...metallic lustre, and being precisely similar in visible character to quicksilver, appeared, some of which burnt with explosion and bright flame, as soon as... | |
 | 1845 - 598 pages
...brought round and its point laid like the tip of a magic wand, on the top of the potash, the solid alkali began to fuse at both its points of ' electrization.'...was a violent effervescence at the upper surface; tt the lower or negative surface there was no liberation of elastic fluid, but small globules, having... | |
 | 1899 - 1042 pages
...alkali. . . '." " Under these circumstances a vivid action was soon observed " to take place. The potash began to fuse at both its points of " electrization...metallic lustre, " and being precisely similar in visible character to quicksilver, " appeared, some of which burnt with explosion and bright flame, " as soon... | |
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Under these circumstances a vivid action was soon observed to take place. The potash began to fuse at both its points of electrization. There was a violent effervescence at the upper surface ; at the lower, or negative surface, there was no liberation... 
