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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 299

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Soap-boiling house. between alkaline and the alkaline earth metals. The saltsare found in many places in solution. The chloride whendecomposed by electricity yields the metal. CESIUM and Rubidium require no detailed noticefrom us. They were first found in the solar spectrum,and resemble potassium.… … which we have already treated, is so like a metallic oxidethat chemists have come to the conclusion that its com-pounds contain a metallic body, which they have named hypothetically AMMONIUM.It is usually classed amongstthe alkaline metals. The saltsof ammonia are important,and have already been…

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