The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, 11. köideA. and C. Black, 1860 |
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... carbon , or to carbon and hydrogen . The heat is evolved as an accompaniment or result of the combination of the oxygen of the atmosphere with the combustible . With carbon , the resulting compound.
... carbon , or to carbon and hydrogen . The heat is evolved as an accompaniment or result of the combination of the oxygen of the atmosphere with the combustible . With carbon , the resulting compound.
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... carbon may be thus represented , atomically : - Carbon , 1 atom = 6 Products of Combustion . Atmos . air , Oxygen , 2 atoms = 16. J Carbonic Acid , containing Nitrogen , Or , assuming carbon as unity , - Carbon , 1 . = 22 . 53.6 ...
... carbon may be thus represented , atomically : - Carbon , 1 atom = 6 Products of Combustion . Atmos . air , Oxygen , 2 atoms = 16. J Carbonic Acid , containing Nitrogen , Or , assuming carbon as unity , - Carbon , 1 . = 22 . 53.6 ...
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... carbon and hydrogen separately . The data relative to the calculations are given in Table I. , which explains itself in so far . In columns 5 to 10 , the temperature 60 ° is assumed as the mean ; and 32 ° as that from which it is usual ...
... carbon and hydrogen separately . The data relative to the calculations are given in Table I. , which explains itself in so far . In columns 5 to 10 , the temperature 60 ° is assumed as the mean ; and 32 ° as that from which it is usual ...
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... carbon a separate heating power . They should evidently be regarded as mixtures of so much hydrogen with so much gaseous carbon , because , in their ordinary combustion , they are previously decomposed by the influence of heat into ...
... carbon a separate heating power . They should evidently be regarded as mixtures of so much hydrogen with so much gaseous carbon , because , in their ordinary combustion , they are previously decomposed by the influence of heat into ...
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... carbon , or enter by any other channel , so as to mingle with the true products of combustion , it will share in the caloric generated . Suppose twice the requisite amount admitted , or 11.6 lb. in excess for 1 lb. carbon , what effect ...
... carbon , or enter by any other channel , so as to mingle with the true products of combustion , it will share in the caloric generated . Suppose twice the requisite amount admitted , or 11.6 lb. in excess for 1 lb. carbon , what effect ...
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