Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 280
orinexperienced hands, and ama-teurs should be very carefulwhen dealing with it. It takesthe water from the moist air,and from vegetable and animalsubstances. It carbonizes anddestroys all animal tissues. Itsdiscovery is due to Basil Valen-tine, in 1440. He distilledsulphate of iron, or green… … Retorts and receivers for acid. 114 CHEMISTRY. the illustration, and the receivers, B, containing a littlesulphuric acid, are firmly fixed to them. The oily brownproduct fumes in the air, and is called fuming sulphuricacid, or Nordhausen acid. Sulphuric acid is very muchused in chemical…
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