Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 281
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… … „ ,(|l!l]klfMrJJJrfl.im ii-tperimcnt to show the existence of gases in solution. of gunpowder. The manufacture of the acid is carried onin platinum stills. Sulphuretted hydrogen, or the hydric sulphide (HjS), isa colourless and horribly-smelling gas, and arises fromputrefying vegetable and animal…
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