Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 272
ilns, and is a very deadly one. We must now pass rapidly COAL. 105 through the compounds of carbon with hydrogen, merelyreferring to coal for a moment as we go on. Coal, of which we shall learn more in Mineralogy andGeology, is a combination, mechanical or otherwise, and isthe result of the… … Experiment showing that carbonic acid contains oxygen and carbon. as we can see in the Irish peat-bogs, where the first stepsto the coal measures are taken. The compounds of carbon with hydrogen are important.There is the light carburetted hydrogen (CH^), whichis usually known as fire-damp in coal…
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