The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and Instructive Articles on Scientific Subjects, Volume 12James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas Robert Hardwicke, 1873 - Science |
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Page 15
... acid gases . Of these carburetted hydrogen is by far the largest ingredient , and , as the cause of explosions , the one we are more specially concerned with ; it is a compound of carbon and hydrogen ( CH ) , and in a pure state burns ...
... acid gases . Of these carburetted hydrogen is by far the largest ingredient , and , as the cause of explosions , the one we are more specially concerned with ; it is a compound of carbon and hydrogen ( CH ) , and in a pure state burns ...
Page 16
... acid is known among the colliers as " black - damp , " or " after - damp . " We must also note that carburetted hydrogen is very light , not much more than one - half as heavy as common air , and in spite of the general property of ...
... acid is known among the colliers as " black - damp , " or " after - damp . " We must also note that carburetted hydrogen is very light , not much more than one - half as heavy as common air , and in spite of the general property of ...
Page 88
... acid nor alkaline re- action is shown by any change of colour in the flowers or leaves except a few instances of a change to blue of rose , orange , or violet coloured organs , which might be attributed rather to an alkaline than an acid ...
... acid nor alkaline re- action is shown by any change of colour in the flowers or leaves except a few instances of a change to blue of rose , orange , or violet coloured organs , which might be attributed rather to an alkaline than an acid ...
Page 89
... acid decomposed by a given area of green leaf seem to him to afford interesting data for a new determination of the efficiency of sunlight . By experiments made between the months of January and October , under the most favourable ...
... acid decomposed by a given area of green leaf seem to him to afford interesting data for a new determination of the efficiency of sunlight . By experiments made between the months of January and October , under the most favourable ...
Page 90
... acid has increased in amount by a certain quantity a , while in the negative it has diminished by the same amount . The quantity of sulphuric acid decomposed is equal to 2a . But this quantity of acid can furnish only a third of the ...
... acid has increased in amount by a certain quantity a , while in the negative it has diminished by the same amount . The quantity of sulphuric acid decomposed is equal to 2a . But this quantity of acid can furnish only a third of the ...
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