Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 235
ofcalcium and sulphuric acid, which effectually dried itThis dry air then passed into a large tube inside the 68 CHEMISTRY. revcrberatory furnace, in which tube were pieces of causticbaryta. Heated to a dull redness this absorbs oxygen, and when the heat is increasedto a bright red the… … HYDROGEN—SYMBOL H; ATOMICWEIGHT I. Phosphorus burning-in oxygen. HYDROGEN is abundaOt iu nature, but never free. United with oxygen it forms water,hence its name, water-former. It is to Parcelcus that itsdiscovery is due, for he found that oil of vitriol in contactwith iron disengaged a gaswhich…
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