 | Frederick Collier Bakewell - 1835 - 408 sider
...undergone, it will be necessary to premise that that fluid is composed of two elementary substances, called oxygen and hydrogen, in the proportion of eight parts by weight of the former, and one part of the latter. These substances are unknown to us in their simple states ; and the only... | |
 | Frederick Collier Bakewell - 1840 - 406 sider
...undergone, it will be necessary to premise that that fluid is composed of two elementary substances, called oxygen and hydrogen, in the proportion of eight parts by weight of the former, and one part of the latter. These substances are unknown to us in their simple states ; and the only... | |
 | 1844 - 498 sider
...transmutation, that synthesis has been applied to the diminution of the list of elementary bodies. For a long period after the publication of the Atomic...proportion, and yet differing in every physical and chemical properly. A striking example of this may he found in a group of organic substances particularly referred... | |
 | William Barton Rogers - 1852 - 358 sider
...experiment that the two ingredients of water, oxygen and hydrogen, are always present in that body, in the proportion of eight parts, by weight, of the former, to one of the latter. Experiment proves also that a like constancy obtains in the proportion of the ingredients of... | |
 | John Cargill Brough - 1859 - 432 sider
...compounds in definite proportions. Let us explain this matter more fully. Water invariably contains oxygen and hydrogen, in the proportion of eight parts by weight of the former element to one part of the latter, whether these parts represent tons, pounds, grains, or any other... | |
 | 1864 - 332 sider
...elements have been found in sea water. First of all, there is the water itself. That is composed of oxygen and hydrogen in the proportion of eight parts, by weight, of oxygen to one of hydrogen. Then there ia the oxygen dissolved in the water. All water contains oxygen... | |
 | David M. Warren - 1863 - 116 sider
...nature, chemically considered, is a compound of two gases — oxygen and hydrogen : in the proportions of eight parts, by weight, of the former, to one of the latter. When pure, it is a transparent and colorless liquid, destitute of smell, and nearly without... | |
 | 1864 - 654 sider
...elements have been found in sea water. First of all, there is the water itself. That is composed of oxygen and hydrogen in the proportion of eight parts, by weight, of oxygen to one of hydrogen. Then there is the oxygen dissolved in the water. All water contains oxygen... | |
 | David M. Warren, Adolph Steinwehr - 1869 - 128 sider
...abundant substances in nature, is a compound of two gases, — oxygen and hydrogen: in the proportions of eight parts by weight of the former, to one of the latter. When pure (in which state, however, it is rarely found), it is a transparent and colorless... | |
 | Frances Anna Kitchener - 1874 - 338 sider
...Nitrogen is also a gas, a small quantity of which is soluble in water. Water is also made of two gases, oxygen and hydrogen, in the proportion of eight parts by weight of oxygen, to one part of hydrogen. These two gases, unlike those which pervade the atmosphere, are regularly... | |
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... oxygen and hydrogen, in the proportion of eight parts by weight of the former... 
