 | 1877 - 588 Seiten
...decomposed without the least production of either acid or alkali. "It seems evident then," wrote Davy, " that water, chemically pure, is decomposed by electricity into gaseous matter alone, into oxygène and hydrogène." In the following year Davy discovered the metals of the alkaline earths,... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1807 - 844 Seiten
...24 hours, and at the end of this time neither of the portions of the water ahercd in the slightest degree the tint of litmus. It seems evident then, that water chemically pure is de. composed by electricity into gaseous matter alone, into ox. igcn and hidrogen. The cause of its... | |
 | Repertory of arts, manufactures and agriculture - 1808 - 500 Seiten
....hours, and at the end of this time neither of the portions. of the water altered in the slightest degree the tint of litmus. It seems evident then that...« The cause of its decomposition, and of the other dei compositions which have .been mentioned, will be hereafter discussed. . . • i III. On the Agencies... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 598 Seiten
...and thus did he establish, by an unbroken chain of incontrovertible evidence, the important truth, that " water, chemically pure, is decomposed by electricity...gaseous matter alone — into oxygen and hydrogen." Out of the foregoing train of research, very naturally sprang the consideration of the decomposing... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 582 Seiten
...altered the tint of litmus in the slightest degree. incontrovertible evidence, the important truth, that " water, chemically pure, is decomposed by electricity...gaseous matter alone — into oxygen and hydrogen." Out of the foregoing train of research, very naturally sprang the consideration of the decomposing... | |
 | Royal institution of Great Britain - 1879 - 724 Seiten
...decomposed without the least production of either acid or alkali. " It seems evident then," wrote Davy, " that water, chemically pure, is decomposed by electricity into gaseous matter alone, into oxygene and hydrogene." In the following year Davy discovered the metals of the alkaline earths, potassium... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1879 - 698 Seiten
...decomposed without the least production of either acid or alkali. " It seems evident then," wrote Davy, " that water, chemically pure, is decomposed by electricity into gaseous matter alone, into oxygène and hydrogène." In the following year Davy discovered the metals of the alkaline earths,... | |
 | Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir, Charles Slater - 1887 - 390 Seiten
...presence of nitrogen. The latter was the cause of the former. " It seems evident then," says Davy, "that water, chemically pure, is decomposed by electricity...into gaseous matter alone, into oxygen and hydrogen." This remarkable research is a type of all scientific inquiry. 94 Facts were noticed and verified, conclusions... | |
 | Ida Freund - 1904 - 682 Seiten
...twenty-four hours, and at the end of this time neither of the portions of the water altered in the slightest degree the tint of litmus. It seems evident then that...into gaseous matter alone, into oxygen and hydrogen." One more investigation shall now be described, one of comparatively recent date, in further illustration... | |
 | Ethel Roberts - 1911 - 264 Seiten
...place in an atmosphere of hydrogen, and found that nitric acid was no longer produced, so he concluded that " water, chemically pure, is decomposed by electricity...into gaseous matter alone, into oxygen and hydrogen." Although the above statement is of great interest, a discovery of far more importance was to follow... | |
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The process was conducted for 24 hours, and at the end of this time neither of the portions of the water altered in the slightest degree the tint of litmus. It seems evident then that water, chemically pure, is decomposed by electricity into gaseous matter... 
