A text-book on chemistry. For the use of schools and colleges (1866)
Draper, Henry, 1837-1882 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 237
lower part,on immersing it in oxygen the iron takes fire, white-hotFig. 193. beads of oxide of iron accu- mulating and falling off fromthe end of the wire. It is nec-essary to put water in the bot-tom of the jar, to prevent theheated globules melting theirway through. A stream of oxygen from… … LECTURE XL. Oxygen continued.—DrummoncPs Light.— Combus-tion of Phosphorus and Zinc. — Changes duringCombustion.—Lavoisier}s Doctrine.— Oxides, Basic,Lndifferent, and Acid.—Physiological Relations ofOxygen.— Supporter of Combustion and Combusti-ble.—Flame. — Constancy of Heat evolved.— Vege-table…
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