System of Theoretical and Practical Chemistry ...

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Kimber and Conrad, no. 93, Market-street., 1814

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Seite ii - An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned." And also to the act, entitled " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and...
Seite 160 - When a white surface, covered with solution of nitrate of silver, is placed behind a painting on glass exposed to the solar light, the rays transmitted through the differently painted surfaces produce distinct tints of brown or black, sensibly differing in intensity according to the shades of the .picture, and where the light is unaltered, the color of the nitrate becomes deepest.
Seite 72 - ... the glasses and stir it, it will be changed into a crimson ; put a few drops of fixed alkali dissolved into the other glass, and when you stir it, it will change to green. If you drop slowly into the green liquor, from the side of the glass, a few drops of acid of vitriol, you will perceive crimson at the bottom^ purple in the middle, and green at the top ; and by adding a little fixed alkali dissolved to the other glass, the same colours will appear in different order. Another.
Seite 17 - Essays to-, wards a Natural History of the Earth, and terrestrial bodies. Though he possessed much more knowledge of minerals than his predecessor, and on this account had greatly the advantage of him, he produced a work far less ingenious and interesting. He also proceeded on the supposition of the Mosaic history being true, and ascribed the present aspect of our globe to the influence of the general deluge. He supposed that all the substances of which the earth is composed were once in a state...
Seite 400 - I had designed appears to be superfluous, as all the facts that I had observed are but particular instances of the more general observation of Mr. Dalton, that in all cases the simple elements of bodies are disposed to unite atom to atom singly, or, if either is in excess, it exceeds by a ratio to be expressed by some simple multiple of the number of its atoms.
Seite 124 - Spain, a kind of earthen jars, called buxaros, is used, the earth of which is so porous, being only half-baked, that the outside is kept moist by the water which filters through it ; and", though placed in the sun, the water in the jar becomes as cold as ice. It is a common practice in China, to cool wine or other liquors by wrapping a wet cloth round the bottle, and hanging it up in the sun. The water in the cloth evaporates, and thus cold is produced. Ice may be produced at any time by the evaporation...
Seite 55 - ... largely to this change ; but the instances of the abuse of spirits are so innumerable, and those of this surprising combustion are so extremely rare, that very little satisfaction can be obtained from this explanation.
Seite 161 - When the solar rays are passed through a print and thrown upon prepared paper, the unshaded parts are slowly copied ; but the lights transmitted by the shaded parts, are seldom so definite as to form a distinct resemblance of them by producing different intensities of colour. The images formed by means of a camera obscura, have been found to be too faint to produce, in any moderate time, an effect upon the nitrate of silver.
Seite 190 - ... water. To the elevated extremity lute another wide glass tube, filled with small bits of sulphur, and secured at the further end, so that the sulphur may be pushed forward by means of a wire, without allowing the inside of the tube to communicate with the external air. Heat the porcelain tube, and, consequently, the charcoal which it contains, to redness, and continue the heat, till...
Seite 160 - ... and soap, and it is in a high degree permanent. The copy of a painting or the profile, immediately after being taken, must be kept in an obscure place ; it may, indeed, be examined in the shade, but in this case the exposure should be only for a few minutes : by the light of candles or lamps, as commonly employed, it is not sensibly affected. No attempts that have been made to prevent the uncoloured parts of the copy or profile from being acted upon by light, have as yet been successful.

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