American Journal of Science and Arts, Volumen63Kline Geology Laboratory, Yale University., 1852 |
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acid is not an oxyd of cacodyl , for its formula is C2H5 As O2 , and being anhydrous it is equivalent to a compound ... carbonic acid , and hence explained its mono- basic acid character ; † but to this view it is to be objected that the ...
acid is not an oxyd of cacodyl , for its formula is C2H5 As O2 , and being anhydrous it is equivalent to a compound ... carbonic acid , and hence explained its mono- basic acid character ; † but to this view it is to be objected that the ...
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... carbonic acid gas generated by respiration and combustion . But even with a close stove , if this be not used , or used only in a slight degree , so as to permit a free dranght of air through the stove , unless the room be over ...
... carbonic acid gas generated by respiration and combustion . But even with a close stove , if this be not used , or used only in a slight degree , so as to permit a free dranght of air through the stove , unless the room be over ...
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... carbonic acid gas , and depriving it of a quantity of its oxygen . Now carbonic acid gas is of a deci- dedly greater specific gravity than oxygen or than ordinary at- mospheric air . This mixture then alters the specific gravity of the ...
... carbonic acid gas , and depriving it of a quantity of its oxygen . Now carbonic acid gas is of a deci- dedly greater specific gravity than oxygen or than ordinary at- mospheric air . This mixture then alters the specific gravity of the ...
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... carbonic acid in the room , would become more rare than the warm carbonic acid itself , and still more so than that which it had deprived of a portion of its caloric , and would rise rapidly to the top displacing and forcing downwards ...
... carbonic acid in the room , would become more rare than the warm carbonic acid itself , and still more so than that which it had deprived of a portion of its caloric , and would rise rapidly to the top displacing and forcing downwards ...
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... carbonic acid gas , while the general action of the currents remains the same , they will be somewhat modified by this change in the nature of the air . The carbonic acid being of greater specific gravity will fall more readily on ...
... carbonic acid gas , while the general action of the currents remains the same , they will be somewhat modified by this change in the nature of the air . The carbonic acid being of greater specific gravity will fall more readily on ...
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