Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 317
e metal is procured from what is known as chrome-ironstone, a combination of protoxide of iron and sesqui-oxide of chromium (FeOCr,03). By ignition with potas-sium we get chromic acid and chromate of potassium, a: ISO CHEMISTRY. yellow salt which is used to make the other compounds ofchromium. The… … Type-casting Chromate of Mercury is a beautiful vermilion. Thereare numerous other combinations which need not be men-tioned here. Antimony was discovered by Basil Valentine. TheLatin term is Stibium, hence its symbol, Sb. It is verycrystalline, and of a peculiar bluish-white tint. It willtake fire…
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