Napier, James, 1810-1884, Fesquet, A. A · Philadelphia : H. Carey Baird · leaf 115
hen the dry gas is passed over redhot charcoal, it is decom- posed ; the charcoal combines with half its oxygen, and forms oxide of carbon. Oxalic Acid has been long known in commerce as salt of sorrel. It was formerly obtained from the oealis acetesella, a plant which contains it as oxalate of… … The acid crystallizes with water, which, as has been shown above, is essential to its existence. It combines with bases, and forms salts of great importance in the laboratory. Thus the oxalates of potash and ammonia are excellent tests for lime; and they are also of some importance in the dye…
Dyes and dyeing · Coal-tar colors
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