The Journal of Science, and Annals of Astronomy, Biology, Geology, Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Technology, 15. köideJames Samuelson, Sir William Crookes J. Churchill and Sons., 1878 |
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... element hitherto unknown we search for it among the refuse of metallurgical or chemical pro- cesses , in flue - dust , in furnace - soots , in slags , in burnt pyrites , in the mud of vitriol chambers , or in mother - liquors which have ...
... element hitherto unknown we search for it among the refuse of metallurgical or chemical pro- cesses , in flue - dust , in furnace - soots , in slags , in burnt pyrites , in the mud of vitriol chambers , or in mother - liquors which have ...
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... element which will combine with oxygen , or with sulphur , or with chlorine in every conceivable pro- portion , and yet form not mere mixtures , but a true compound or true compounds . Having found such an element , let him further show ...
... element which will combine with oxygen , or with sulphur , or with chlorine in every conceivable pro- portion , and yet form not mere mixtures , but a true compound or true compounds . Having found such an element , let him further show ...
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... element as yet unknown . Turning from chemistry to physics , we find other examples equally striking and simple . Thus the speed with which sound travels through the air had been deduced with great precision , from its known cause and ...
... element as yet unknown . Turning from chemistry to physics , we find other examples equally striking and simple . Thus the speed with which sound travels through the air had been deduced with great precision , from its known cause and ...
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... element in a state of approximate purity , but had assumed it to be chloride of iodine , had imagined an hypothesis to explain its peculiarities , and had set it aside unexamined . This event , as he tells us , served him as a caution ...
... element in a state of approximate purity , but had assumed it to be chloride of iodine , had imagined an hypothesis to explain its peculiarities , and had set it aside unexamined . This event , as he tells us , served him as a caution ...
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... element , or elements , than any other substance with which we are acquainted . Still , admitting such to be the nature of hydrogen , the truth of Prout's law is by no means a necessary consequence . The more accurate determination of ...
... element , or elements , than any other substance with which we are acquainted . Still , admitting such to be the nature of hydrogen , the truth of Prout's law is by no means a necessary consequence . The more accurate determination of ...
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