Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 191
lic iron, which assumes the 24 CHEMISTRY. appearance of a fine black powder. When the experimentis completed the glass vessel is closed, and the iron, thusprotected from contact with the air, can be preserved in-definitely ; but if it is exposed to the air by breaking offthe end of the receptacle… … Pyrophoric iron. acids. If some nitric acid is poured on iron nails, a streamof red, nitrous vapour is let loose, and the oxidised iron isdissolved in the liquid to the condition of nitrate of iron.This experiment is very easy to perform, and it gives anidea of the energy of certain chemical…
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