Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, Volume 5, Part 1The Society, 1798 - Science |
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Page 177
... GASEOUS FLUIDS . The water , when fresh drawn , smells of sulphurat- ed hydrogen or hepatic * gas ; but it quickly becomes * I must take leave to retain this name in the following pages , preferring it ( if for no better reason , at ...
... GASEOUS FLUIDS . The water , when fresh drawn , smells of sulphurat- ed hydrogen or hepatic * gas ; but it quickly becomes * I must take leave to retain this name in the following pages , preferring it ( if for no better reason , at ...
Page 178
... gaseous fluids from a wine - gallon of the water . Of these hardly half a cubic inch is absorbed by water ; and , 1. Nitric acid dropped into this solution causes a minute precipitate of sulphur ; hence , some hepatic gas has been ...
... gaseous fluids from a wine - gallon of the water . Of these hardly half a cubic inch is absorbed by water ; and , 1. Nitric acid dropped into this solution causes a minute precipitate of sulphur ; hence , some hepatic gas has been ...
Page 188
... hepatic smell , which the water has when recently drawn ( 1. ) . I was the more strongly induced to pay attention to this combination , from the contradictory assertion of another very eminent chemist . Kirwan has denied that hepatic gas ...
... hepatic smell , which the water has when recently drawn ( 1. ) . I was the more strongly induced to pay attention to this combination , from the contradictory assertion of another very eminent chemist . Kirwan has denied that hepatic gas ...
Page 189
... gas was collected under water : which method was preferred ; to purify it , if possible , from extra- neous acid . 1. I digested iron - filings , previously purified by repeated washings with distilled water , in a solution of hepatic gas ...
... gas was collected under water : which method was preferred ; to purify it , if possible , from extra- neous acid . 1. I digested iron - filings , previously purified by repeated washings with distilled water , in a solution of hepatic gas ...
Page 190
... hepatic gas , when produced by sul- phuric acid , carries with it a little of the acid which cannot be separated by passing it through water . It seems probable also , that a little muriatic acid is car- ried up in like manner , when ...
... hepatic gas , when produced by sul- phuric acid , carries with it a little of the acid which cannot be separated by passing it through water . It seems probable also , that a little muriatic acid is car- ried up in like manner , when ...
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