Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 112
stible gas ; oxygen is a supporterof combustion. The latter is the active constituent of theair, and by its aid iron filings can be burned in the flameof a candle driven by the action of a blow-pipej formedby a common clay pipe, as in the foregoing illustration(Fig 78). CHEMISTRY WITHOUT A… … Fig. /, -ting on the Surface of a Layer of Carbonic Acid Gas, can ascertain by a very pleasing experiment, at the sametime proving the density of gas and the equilibrium offloating bodies. Take a large glass—a soda-water glass or some widertumbler—and support it on a tripod or in some othersecure…
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