Time's telescope; or, A Complete guide to the almanack [ed. by J. Millard].John Millard (assistant librarian of the Surrey inst) 1819 |
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... LIGHT is an elastic fluid , being reflected from bodies which it cannot penetrate . Passing near to any substance , it is more or less attracted , and suf- fers a proportionate degree of inflection . In passing through media of ...
... LIGHT is an elastic fluid , being reflected from bodies which it cannot penetrate . Passing near to any substance , it is more or less attracted , and suf- fers a proportionate degree of inflection . In passing through media of ...
Strona xii
... light as common air , and when properly confined , as in a balloon , rises through the air , as a bubble of com- mon ... lights ; but with a larger proportion of oxygen it explodes . It enters into the formation of many animal and ...
... light as common air , and when properly confined , as in a balloon , rises through the air , as a bubble of com- mon ... lights ; but with a larger proportion of oxygen it explodes . It enters into the formation of many animal and ...
Strona xiii
... light is sometimes yielded by the natural decomposition of urine , and of other animal substances ; independent of those luminous appearances unconnected with the presence of phosphorus , as in the instances of decay- ing fish , rotten ...
... light is sometimes yielded by the natural decomposition of urine , and of other animal substances ; independent of those luminous appearances unconnected with the presence of phosphorus , as in the instances of decay- ing fish , rotten ...
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... , EUCHLORINE . It is obtained by the action of chlorine , in a liquid form , on a salt termed hyper - oxy - muriate of potash . When heated it decomposes , light and heat being produc It is COMPENDIUM OF CHEMISTRY . XV.
... , EUCHLORINE . It is obtained by the action of chlorine , in a liquid form , on a salt termed hyper - oxy - muriate of potash . When heated it decomposes , light and heat being produc It is COMPENDIUM OF CHEMISTRY . XV.
Strona xvi
... light , they combine , and a gas is formed of just half the bulk of the two gases . This peculiar gas was named by its dis- coverer , Dr. John Davy , PHOSGEN GAS , from its being formed by the action of light . FLUORIC ACID , possessing ...
... light , they combine , and a gas is formed of just half the bulk of the two gases . This peculiar gas was named by its dis- coverer , Dr. John Davy , PHOSGEN GAS , from its being formed by the action of light . FLUORIC ACID , possessing ...
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