A text-book on chemistry. For the use of schools and colleges (1866)
Draper, Henry, 1837-1882 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 264
.The highest fishes, as the whale,which has a temperature of 98°,breathe the atmosphere by lungs,coming periodically to the surfacefor that purpose. The necessity of air to the support of combustion maybe demonstrated by the length of time that a candle How may the presence of air be detected in… … 252 PRESERVATION OF MEAT AND FRUIT. Fig. 230. will burn in a jar full of air, and in the same jar ren-dered vacuous. In the latter case it dies out at once,the smoke descending to the bottom of the jar, owingto the rarefaction of the surrounding medium. Substances prone to decay, such as meats and…
Chemistry · Physics
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