A manual of chemistry : inorganic and organic covering the synopses of the conjoint board and the Society of Apothecaries / by Arthur P. Luff and Frederic James M. Page.

  • Luff, Arthur P. (Arthur Pearson), 1855-1938
Date:
1905
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Credit: A manual of chemistry : inorganic and organic covering the synopses of the conjoint board and the Society of Apothecaries / by Arthur P. Luff and Frederic James M. Page. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IP art II. THE NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS AND THEIR PRINCIPAL COMPOUNDS. CHAPTER I. HYDROGEN. Hydrogen—Modes of Preparation—Preparation of Hydrogen from Water—Properties of Hydrogen—Combustion— Graham’s Law of Diffusion—Test for Hydrogen PAGB 61 CHAPTER II. O X T G E N—O ZONE. Oxygen — Modes of Preparation — Preparation of Oxygen from Water — Electrolysis of Water — Preparation of Oxygen from Air — Properties of Oxygen — Test for Oxygen—Oxygen in Relation to Respiration—Ozone- Preparation—Tests for Ozone 69 CHAPTER III. WATER—HYDROGEN DIOXIDE. Water—Composition—Properties—Water of Crystallisation —Efflorescence — Deliquescence — Sources of Drinking Waters—Soft and Hard Waters—Temporary and Per- manent Hardness—River and Mineral Waters—Solvent Action of Water—Hydrogen Dioxide—Modes of Prepara- tion—Test for Hydrogen Dioxide 81 CHAPTER IV. NITROGEN—THE ATMOSPHERE. Nitrogen—Preparation and Proj^erties of Nitrogen—Test for Nitrogen—Composition of the Atmosphere—Methods of Determining the Composition of the Atmosphere—Proofs that the Atmosphere is a Mixtiu'e, and not a Compound, of Oxygen and Nitrogen—Aqueous Va])our in the Air—• Carbon Dioxide in the Air—Ozone in the Air—Impuri- ties in Air—Ai’gou • • t 93