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Page 85
... nitrogen , chlorine and fluorine , are gases ; bromine and mercury are fluid at com- mon temperatures ; and the rest are solid , but the heat required for their fusion differs widely , and carbon , one of the most important , is ...
... nitrogen , chlorine and fluorine , are gases ; bromine and mercury are fluid at com- mon temperatures ; and the rest are solid , but the heat required for their fusion differs widely , and carbon , one of the most important , is ...
Page 86
... nitrogen , phosphorus , selenium , arsenic ; chromium , mo- lybdenum , tungsten , boron , carbon , antimony , tellurium , tantalum , titanium , silicon ; osmium , hydrogen , gold , iri- dium , rhodium , platinum , palladium , mercury ...
... nitrogen , phosphorus , selenium , arsenic ; chromium , mo- lybdenum , tungsten , boron , carbon , antimony , tellurium , tantalum , titanium , silicon ; osmium , hydrogen , gold , iri- dium , rhodium , platinum , palladium , mercury ...
Page 89
... nitrogen , oxygen , and sul- phur , some of the elements which are widest and most uni- versal in their range . More recently , the analysis of Peligot and others has re - established integer values for chlorine , iodine , bromine ...
... nitrogen , oxygen , and sul- phur , some of the elements which are widest and most uni- versal in their range . More recently , the analysis of Peligot and others has re - established integer values for chlorine , iodine , bromine ...
Page 91
... Nitrogen , form a remarkable contrast with all the rest by the multitude of distinct combinations which they form , and which constitute almost the exclusive subject of vege- table and animal chemistry . Some thousands of such compounds ...
... Nitrogen , form a remarkable contrast with all the rest by the multitude of distinct combinations which they form , and which constitute almost the exclusive subject of vege- table and animal chemistry . Some thousands of such compounds ...
Page 102
... nitrogen come next in order of simplicity . And the atomic weights of all these are confessedly simple multiples of hydrogen . 70. To deduce probably some leading properties of Carbon , Oxygen , and Nitrogen from their atomic numbers ...
... nitrogen come next in order of simplicity . And the atomic weights of all these are confessedly simple multiples of hydrogen . 70. To deduce probably some leading properties of Carbon , Oxygen , and Nitrogen from their atomic numbers ...
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Page 3 - I frame no hypotheses: for whatever is not deduced from the phenomena is to be called an hypothesis ; and hypotheses, whether metaphysical or physical, whether of occult qualities or mechanical, have no place in experimental philosophy.
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