Facts about processes, pigments, and vehicles : a manual for art students (1895)
Laurie, A. P. (Arthur Pillans), 1861-1949 · London ; New York : Macmillan · leaf 47
igment to light. It is absolutely permanent and does not affect other pigments. It will be noted that all the pigments described up to this point owe their colour to iron. This is due to the fact that iron is able to combine with the oxygen of the air and with water to make several different… … REMOVAL OF OXYGEN FROM THE gases, oxygen, the supporter AIR of life and combustion, and nitrogen, which is inert, and serves to dilute the oxygen. The removal of the oxygen from the air by rusting iron can easily be shown in the following way :— Expenionent 16 Take a piece of stout copper wire and…
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