Elementary treatise on physics, experimental and applied : for the use of colleges and schools (1906)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, Edmund, 1831-1901, Reinold, A. W. (Arnold William), 1843-1921 · New York : Wood · leaf 514
ure is produced whichvaries with the nature of the substances. With in-organic substances, such as metal, the oxides, the earths, the increase is ^^of a degree ; but with organic substances, such as sponge, flour, starch roots,dried membranes, the increase varies from i to 10 degrees. The… … Fig. 454. -490] Chemical Combination. Combustion 497 volume, and that the gas is then in such a state of density, and the tem-perature so high, as to give rise to strong combustion. Spongy platinumproduces the same eflfect. A jet of hydrogen directed on it takes fire. The apparatus known as…
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