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Page 73
... brass , 81 ; in mercury , about 78 ; while in platinum , the densest and most cohesive of metals , they are only 46 per cent . of the whole amount . 48. An explanation has been proposed , in Professor Kelland's CHAPTER V. 73.
... brass , 81 ; in mercury , about 78 ; while in platinum , the densest and most cohesive of metals , they are only 46 per cent . of the whole amount . 48. An explanation has been proposed , in Professor Kelland's CHAPTER V. 73.
Page 74
... metals taking effect mainly , if not exclusively , on the direct vi- brations , which begin at right angles to its solid surface . 49. To explain the origin of the dark lines in the solar spectrum . These are held , by general consent ...
... metals taking effect mainly , if not exclusively , on the direct vi- brations , which begin at right angles to its solid surface . 49. To explain the origin of the dark lines in the solar spectrum . These are held , by general consent ...
Page 85
... metals . In their density and other properties , however , they differ widely . Potassium and sodium are lighter than water , while platinum and iridium are more than twenty - one times heavier . When binary compounds are analyzed by a ...
... metals . In their density and other properties , however , they differ widely . Potassium and sodium are lighter than water , while platinum and iridium are more than twenty - one times heavier . When binary compounds are analyzed by a ...
Page 86
... metals . Then follow neutral metals . Silicon , zirconium , aluminium , yttrium , glucinium , are bases of simple earths ; magnesium , calcium , strontium , and barium , of alkaline earths ; and lithium , sodium , potassium , of sim ...
... metals . Then follow neutral metals . Silicon , zirconium , aluminium , yttrium , glucinium , are bases of simple earths ; magnesium , calcium , strontium , and barium , of alkaline earths ; and lithium , sodium , potassium , of sim ...
Page 90
... into which they respectively enter . Oxygen , also , exists under a second form , as ozone , in which it has a sulphurous smell , and enters more readily into composition with metals . All these facts , in the case 90 ON MATTER AND ETHER .
... into which they respectively enter . Oxygen , also , exists under a second form , as ozone , in which it has a sulphurous smell , and enters more readily into composition with metals . All these facts , in the case 90 ON MATTER AND ETHER .
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