Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 251
oys vegetable and animal substances. 84 CHEMISTRY. By an addition of a little sulphuric acid the water is takenfrom the nitric acid, and a very powerful form of it is theresijlt. The acid is of great use in medicine, and as anapplication to bites of rabid animals or serpents. It con-verts cotton… … lllljTHFf ^WuifcliCTli I 11 I I Nitric apid obtained from nitric and sulphuric acid. explode with great violence. As a rule, when damp, it isnot dangerous, but it can be fired even when wet. Itwill explode at a less temperature than gunpowder, and,moreover, yields, no smoke, nor does it foul a gun.…
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