A text-book on chemistry. For the use of schools and colleges (1866)
Draper, Henry, 1837-1882 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 245
hole,a violent explosiontakes place, the hydrogen combining with the oxy-gen of the air to produce water, HO* Musical sounds originate in vibratory movementscommunicated to the air. If the flame of the philos-ophers lamp be covered by the neck of a broken re-tort, Fig. 204, a loud sound is emitted.… … THE OXYHYDROGEN BLOWPIPE. 233 from the circumstance that the hydrogen burns in thetube, giving rise to a series of small explosions whichfollow each other with rapidity, and these explosionsthrow the air in the tube into vibration. As the tubeis raised or lowered, the explosions occur with…
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