A text-book on chemistry. For the use of schools and colleges (1866)
Draper, Henry, 1837-1882 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 233
al vessel rises out of the water moreand more, until, when its lower edge is on the surface,it is full. The water is kept from freezing in winter bythe aid of jets of steam. As all gases are moreor less soluble in wa-ter, and some to suchan extent that they cannot be collected overthat fluid, the… … PKEPARATTON OF OXYGEN. 221 limited by the expense and weight of the quicksil-ver. Oxygen. 0=8. Oxygen gas is probably the most abundant of theelements. It constitutes about one third of the weightof the solid mass of the earth, eight ninths of that ofthe waters of the sea, and one fifth of the…
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