A text-book on chemistry. For the use of schools and colleges (1866)
Draper, Henry, 1837-1882 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 228
CHANGES OF PROPERTIES. 215 Fig. 184. This substance phosphorus is a body of a waxy appear-ance, possessing so great a degree of com-bustibility that it requires to be kept un-der the surface of water to prevent theaction of the air. If a piece of it be seton fire beneath a clear and dry bell-jar,as… … giving a miniature representation of a fall of snow. Oncollecting some of this phosphoric snow, its propertieswill be found to be in striking contrast with the phos-phorus which produced it; for instance, far from beingunacted on by water, it has such an intense affinity forthat substance that it…
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