 | William Charles Henry - 1854 - 346 lehte
...was convinced, that just one half of the oxygen expended in its combustion, in Volta's eudiometer, was applied to the hydrogen, and the other half to...leading fact afforded a clue to its constitution." " If 100 measures of carburetted hydrogen be fired over mercury with 200 of oxygen, the result will... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1875 - 544 lehte
...in a Volta's eudiometer, that if we reckon the carbon in each the same, then carburetted hydrogc-n contains exactly twice as much hydrogen as olefiant...ammonia, whose atomic weight is given in the table at S'2. Ammonia was discovered in 1774 by Priestley, but the composition was ascertained by Berf'Ollet... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1875 - 538 lehte
...know from himself, in the summer of the year 1804. He proved that neither of these gases contained anything besides carbon and hydrogen, and ascertained,...clue to its constitution." Whereas, in the case of oleriant gas, two p*rts ol" oxygen are spent upon the charcoal, and one part upon the hydrogen. The... | |
 | Victoria and Albert museum - 1876 - 550 lehte
...that of olefiant gas. The one represents i atom of carbon to 2 of hydrogen, the other i of carbon to i of hydrogen, or olefiant gas contains two equal quantities...part upon the hydrogen. The atomic weight of nitrogen (azote=4'2) was doubtless obtained from the consideration of the composition of ammonia, whose atomic... | |
 | Thomas Martin Lowry - 1915 - 610 lehte
...I was convinced that just one half of the oxygen expended in its combustion, in Volta's eudiometer, was applied to the hydrogen, and the other half to...leading fact afforded a clue to its constitution." " The properties of carburetted hydrogen are : "It is unfit for respiration and for the support of... | |
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... equal quantities of carbon only half as much hydrogen as marsh gas. This conclusion doubtless expressed the results of Dalton's own experiments upon these two gases, which were made, as we know from himself, in the summer of the year 1804. He proved... 