Every-day Chemistry: A Familiar Explanation of the Chemical Principles Connected with the Operations of Every-day Life

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Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1861 - 247 Seiten
 

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Seite 161 - The ox-gullet is now nearly filled with a concentrated solution of common salt, to which a few drops of hydrochloric acid have been added and the...
Seite 201 - ... Hydrochloric acid. Soda. Lime. Magnesia. The sulphuretted hydrogen could be recognized by its strong odor at a considerable distance from the spring. Some two or three hundred yards down the creek, there is another spring, which proved to be chalybeate. It contained small quantities of: Protoxide of iron. Sulphate of lime. Sulphate of magnesia. Carbonate of lime. Carbonate of magnesia. Chloride of sodium. About a gallon of water was collected, from the main sulphur spring, for quantitative analysis...
Seite 160 - Paris- green and plaster, at the rate of one part of the former to four or five of the latter, put into a muslin bag and shaken over the plants, taking care to avoid letting the dust get into your eyes or mouth, as it is poisonous. A few applications of this remedy, soon after the insects appear, will put a stop to their operations. Powdered hellebore is said to be as efficient as Paris-green...
Seite 19 - Thus, if we thoroughly dry bread in thin slices, as in making toast, and keep it in air-tight vessels, it may be preserved for almost any length of time. It is for the same reason that biscuits may be preserved so much longer than bread.
Seite 32 - Fruit is thus evidently not intended to form any staple portion of our food, in this climate...
Seite 147 - All experience agrees that the contrary is the fact ; and this is in no way inconsistent with what has been said...

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