A text-book on chemistry. For the use of schools and colleges (1866)
Draper, Henry, 1837-1882 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 251
, before and afterthe experiment, it will be found that for every 8 grainsthe oxide of copper, 6, has lost, 9 grains of water havebeen produced, showing that the constitution of waterby weight is 8 of oxygen to 1 of hydrogen. The composition of water may also be proved ana-lytically by the aid of… … ing water boiling, steam be passed through a red-hotiron tube, c c, filled with turnings of iron or iron wire,decomposition takes place, black oxide of iron forming,and hydrogen gas escaping by the tube /into the gas-holder m n. The chemical relations of water are of the utmost im-portance. It…
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