Chemical Technology; Or, Chemistry in Its Applications to the Arts and Manufactures, Volume 1, Issue 1H. Baillière, 1855 - Chemistry, Technical |
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... observation that wood naphtha may be obtained by distilling coal with heated steam , wonderfully increase the value of our fossil fuel , and almost tempt us to anticipate the period when from within our borders we shall be able to ...
... observation that wood naphtha may be obtained by distilling coal with heated steam , wonderfully increase the value of our fossil fuel , and almost tempt us to anticipate the period when from within our borders we shall be able to ...
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... observation . In this state of dryness , in which wood is best adapted for use as fuel , the wood is said to be air dried . The remaining moisture can only be expelled with the aid of heat , and the last portions with such difficulty ...
... observation . In this state of dryness , in which wood is best adapted for use as fuel , the wood is said to be air dried . The remaining moisture can only be expelled with the aid of heat , and the last portions with such difficulty ...
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... observed to vary in the same variety , with the age of the specimen , the nature of the soil upon which it has been grown , the climate , & c .; it is not even the same in different parts of the same tree . Young wood is specifically ...
... observed to vary in the same variety , with the age of the specimen , the nature of the soil upon which it has been grown , the climate , & c .; it is not even the same in different parts of the same tree . Young wood is specifically ...
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... observed in the different woods , the hydrogen being always contained in them in larger and in variable quantity . As a general result , however , ordinary air - dried wood may be viewed as composed of : 20 per cent hygroscopic water ...
... observed in the different woods , the hydrogen being always contained in them in larger and in variable quantity . As a general result , however , ordinary air - dried wood may be viewed as composed of : 20 per cent hygroscopic water ...
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... observed by Sprengel , as also the various other products of the decomposition of woody fibre , which constitute its chief mass , are of little interest , as regards its application . The same may be said of the resins dis- covered in ...
... observed by Sprengel , as also the various other products of the decomposition of woody fibre , which constitute its chief mass , are of little interest , as regards its application . The same may be said of the resins dis- covered in ...
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Page 203 - England it is customary to define a heat unit as the quantity of heat that is required to raise the temperature of a pound of water 1° on the Fahrenheit scale.
Page 253 - L of energy of the heat communicated; and that a corresponding machine, or the same machine worked backwards, may be employed to produce cooling effects requiring about the same expenditure of energy in working it to cool the same substance through a similar range of temperature. When a body is heated by such means about...
Page 212 - ... the temperature of 212° F. under any circumstances. The sides and top of the stove are thus converted into a hot chamber, offering an extensive surface of heated metal ; at the bottom, by an opening in the ornamental part, the air is allowed to enter, and rises as it becomes warmed, traversing in its ascent the different compartments formed by the hot parallel plates, and is allowed to escape at the top by some similar opening into the room.
Page 98 - The nature (age) of the peat, its consequent density, &c., must direct the burner. A mound, of the circumference stated, produced from not quite air-dried peat, 24 per cent. of the weight and 27 of the bulk ; from air-dried, 27 per cent. in weight and 32£ in volume ; from freshly dug Pfungstadt peat, 30 per cent. in weight and 29 in bulk; from excellent peat, quite dry, 35£ of the weight and 49 per cent. of the bulk. In the district of Siegen very good peat produced 23 per cent. of the weight and...
Page 41 - Coal occurs in almost every principal subdivision of Spain, but we have only included the Asturias region. Hence, as regards European countries, Great Britain takes the first rank : Belgium, as regards territorial proportion, occupies the second rank, although in relative coal area she is the least of the four. Pennsylvania, in respect of territorial proportion, is higher than any of these, being relatively...
Page 323 - ... should be concealed. 4. It should possess considerable cohesion of its particles, so that it may not be broken into too small fragments by the constant attrition which it may experience in the vessel. 5. It should combine a considerable density with such mechanical structure that it may easily be...