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Scientific amusements (1890)

Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 278

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. This indirect combination is tei-med cyanogen(CN). It was discovered by Gay-Lussac, and is used for SULPHUR. II I the production of Prussian blue. Hydrocyanide of potas-sium (Prussia acid) is prepared by heating cyanide ofpotassium with sulphuric acid. It is a deadly poison, andfound in… … Sulphur furnace. very dangerous fire, and one difficult to extinguish. Wemust now leave carbon and its combinations, and come tosulphur. Sulphur is found in a native state in Sicily and manyother localities which are volcanic. It is a yellow, solidbody, and as it is f>ver perfectly free from…

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