Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould and Lincoln, 1863 |
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... carbonic oxide gas is copiously produced and passes into the furnace , as ... carbonic oxide while still hot is thus burnt , and the heat developed is ... acid , and a considerable reduction of temperature would be the result . But ...
... carbonic oxide gas is copiously produced and passes into the furnace , as ... carbonic oxide while still hot is thus burnt , and the heat developed is ... acid , and a considerable reduction of temperature would be the result . But ...
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... carbonic or other acids and water . These bullets [ alluding to specimens on ... acid matter derived from the crude corks with which the shells were closed ... acid by atmospheric exposure , has established and carried on this corrosive ...
... carbonic or other acids and water . These bullets [ alluding to specimens on ... acid matter derived from the crude corks with which the shells were closed ... acid by atmospheric exposure , has established and carried on this corrosive ...
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... carbonic acid expired , and their duration is limited to three or four hours . A series of these bubbles , about six inches in diameter , were placed on a number of glass rings situated in a line , and on a ray of light from the ...
... carbonic acid expired , and their duration is limited to three or four hours . A series of these bubbles , about six inches in diameter , were placed on a number of glass rings situated in a line , and on a ray of light from the ...
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... carbonic acid of the air , was represented by the number twenty- seven . The total action of its foreign constituents on the day in ques- tion was certainly sixty - seven times that of the atmosphere itself ; while the aqueous vapor ...
... carbonic acid of the air , was represented by the number twenty- seven . The total action of its foreign constituents on the day in ques- tion was certainly sixty - seven times that of the atmosphere itself ; while the aqueous vapor ...
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... acid , 62 ; carbonic acid , 90 ; sulphuretted hydrogen , 390 ; olefiant gas , 970 ; ammonia , 1,195 . The absorption of radiant heat by vapors was also found to be very considerable , and even small quantities of perfumes , when ...
... acid , 62 ; carbonic acid , 90 ; sulphuretted hydrogen , 390 ; olefiant gas , 970 ; ammonia , 1,195 . The absorption of radiant heat by vapors was also found to be very considerable , and even small quantities of perfumes , when ...
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Seite 140 - In this ascension, six pigeons were taken up. One was thrown out at the height of three miles ; it extended its wings and dropped...
Seite 171 - In order to explain,' he says, ' the occurrence of the dark lines in the solar spectrum, we must assume that the solar atmosphere encloses a luminous nucleus, producing a continuous spectrum, the brightness of which exceeds a certain limit. The most probable supposition which can be made respecting the sun's constitution is, that it consists of a solid or liquid nucleus, heated to a temperature of the brightest whiteness, surrounded by an atmosphere of somewhat lower temperature. This supposition...