Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 192
energy of certain chemical actions. We haveendeavoured to represent its appearance on page 25.Fuming nitric acid does not act on iron, and prevents itbeing attacked by Ot-dinary nitHb acid. This property has NITRIC ACID. 25 given rise to a very remarkable experiment on passiveiron. It consists in… … Iron and nitric acid. the iron rendered passive by the smoking acid. After this,if the nails are touched by a piece of iron, which has notundergone the action of nitric acid, they are immediatelyacted upon, and a giving off of nitrous vapour is manifestedwith great energy. Lead is a verj- soft…
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