A Chymical Catechism, Or, The Application of Chymistry to the Arts: For the Use of Young People, Artists, Tradesmen and the Amusement of Leisure Hours : to which are Added a Vocabulary of Chymical Terms, Some Useful Tables, and a Variety of Amusing ExperimentsJames Humphreys, 1807 - 334 sivua |
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... thermometer , must have become chymi- cally combined with it in order to give it fluidity . The caloric appears to be lost ; its properties are merged in the fluid just as muriatic acid , by union with lime , loses all its ...
... thermometer , must have become chymi- cally combined with it in order to give it fluidity . The caloric appears to be lost ; its properties are merged in the fluid just as muriatic acid , by union with lime , loses all its ...
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... thermometer upon the tongue or under the arm . How various are the means which have been adopted for the promo- tion of our convenience and comfort ! The operation of this principle may be made apparent by the following experiment ...
... thermometer upon the tongue or under the arm . How various are the means which have been adopted for the promo- tion of our convenience and comfort ! The operation of this principle may be made apparent by the following experiment ...
Sivu 44
... thermometer upon the tongue or under arm . How various are the means which have been adopted for the prom tion of our convenience and comfort ! The operation of this principle may be made apparent by the follow experiment : Take a small ...
... thermometer upon the tongue or under arm . How various are the means which have been adopted for the prom tion of our convenience and comfort ! The operation of this principle may be made apparent by the follow experiment : Take a small ...
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... thermometer . Dr. Men- zies on Respiration . Dr. Crawford instituted a series of experiments , with a view to discover the cause of animal heat . In the course of his inquiry , he found that blood How do clothes * conduce to preserve ...
... thermometer . Dr. Men- zies on Respiration . Dr. Crawford instituted a series of experiments , with a view to discover the cause of animal heat . In the course of his inquiry , he found that blood How do clothes * conduce to preserve ...
Sivu 58
... thermometer with its bulb under the tongue , or buried in a wound in any fleshy part of the Iways indicates a heat of 97 ° or 980 , be the temperature of the air b - ( Skrimshire's Essays . ) This astonishing effect is produced position ...
... thermometer with its bulb under the tongue , or buried in a wound in any fleshy part of the Iways indicates a heat of 97 ° or 980 , be the temperature of the air b - ( Skrimshire's Essays . ) This astonishing effect is produced position ...
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acetate acid gas alkali alumine ammonia animal antimony atmospheric air attraction barytes becomes bismuth boiling burning called caloric carbonic acid carbonic acid gas charcoal chymical chymical affinity chymistry chymists cobalt cold colour combined common compound contain converted copper crystals decomposed decomposition degree dissolved earth effect employed evaporation experiment fire fluid foda found native Fourcroy fubftances gallic acid gases glass glucine gold heat hydrogen hydrogen gas insoluble iron known lead lime liquid liquor magnesia manganese manufacture matter melts mercury metallic oxides mineral mixed mixture muriate of soda muriatic acid nature nitrate nitric acid nitrogen nitrous operation ounce owing oxide oxygen gas oxygenized muriatic acid particles phosphoric acid phosphorus platina portion potash powder precipitate procured produced properties quantity render Salts formed silex silver solid soluble solution specific gravity strontian substances sulphate sulphuret sulphuric acid temperature thermometer Thomson vapour vegetable vessel weight zinc
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Sivu 243 - The aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the main pipe of the waterworks at London Bridge ; and the water roaring in its passage through that pipe is inferior, in impetus and velocity, to the blood gushing from the whale's heart.
Sivu 236 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
Sivu 41 - These arts of love diffuses ? What, but God ? Inspiring God ! who, boundless Spirit all, And unremitting Energy, pervades, Adjusts, sustains, and agitates the whole. He ceaseless works alone ; and yet alone Seems not to work : with such perfection framed Is this complex stupendous scheme of things.
Sivu 95 - Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the Bankrupt Laws ; and i This and the two preceding motions were lost by large majorities.
Sivu vi - Besides, a knowledge of the first principles of chemistry will teach him when to use lime hot from the kiln, and when slacked; how to promote the putrefactive process in his composts, and at what period to check it, so as to prevent the fertilizing particles becoming effete, and of little value.
Sivu v - Black, and had attended the lectures of that distinguished philosopher in the university of Glasgow. And he often acknowledged " that his first ideas on this subject were acquired by his attendance on Dr. Black's chymical lectures, and from the consideration of his theory of latent heat, and the expansibility of steam.
Sivu xxvi - Sits on th' horizon round a settled gloom: Not such as wintry storms on mortals shed, Oppressing life; but lovely, gentle, kind, And full of every hope and every joy, The wish of Nature. Gradual sinks...
Sivu 165 - ... of the river ; the hen, with attentive eye, picks up every grain that is scattered and lost in the field ; the pigeon of rapid wing collects a similar tribute from the refuse of the grove, and the frugal bee turns to account even the small dust on the flower. There is no corner of the earth where the whole vegetable crop may not be reaped. Those plants which are rejected by one are a delicacy to another, and even among the finny tribes contribute to their fatness. The hog devours the horse-tail...
Sivu ix - ... of chymical skill; and such knowledge is absolutely necessary to enable either the dyer or the calico printer to produce in all cases permanent colours of the shade he intends. To...
Sivu 286 - To a similar solution of gold add about a fourth part of ether ; shake them together, and wait till the fluids separate ; the upper stratum, or ethereal gold, is then to be carefully poured off into another vessel. If any polished steel instrument or utensil be dipped into this solution, and instantly plunged into water, the surface will have acquired a coat of pure gold, being a very elegant and economical mode of preserving polished steel from rust.