Chemistry / by George Wilson.

  • Wilson, George, 1818-1859
Date:
1857
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Chemistry / by George Wilson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECT. Vinous fermentation, . . 1122 Vital forces, as chemical agents, 8 Vitriol, oil of, . . 674 Volatile alkali, or ammonia, . 752 -oils, . . . 1052 , the three classes of, 1186 , or essential oils, 1181-1189 Volta, an Italian philosopher, . 1229 Volume and atomic weight, dif- ference between, . . 166 Water, a compound body, . 7 of two elements, 39 • ■, analysis of, . . 11 , a neutral oxide of hydrogen, 359 , artificial mode of freezing, 302 as a solid, a liquid, and a gas (ice, water, steam), . 29 Water frozen by its own evapora- tion, experiment to shew, 303 Water, how rendered pure, dis- tillation of, . . . 385 Water, how to form from its com- ponent elements, . . 183 Water, ingredients of, constant proportion of the, . . 52 Water, specific gravity of, . 34 , heat, importance of, 236 Water, various states in which it is found, . . . 384 Waters, permanently lutrd, how softened, . . . 796 SECT. Weight, three kinds of, . 30 Whisky prepared from barley, 1078 White-light, produced by lime and magnesia, . . 81S Wood-charcoal, . . . 451 Yeast, .... 1118 , fermentation caused by, 1119 Yellow, one of the three primary colours, . . . 1197 Zero-point on thermometer, . 223 Zinc, . . . 861-874 blende, or sulphuret of zinc, 861 , blowpipe tests of, . 874 , chloride of, good against dry rot, . . . .870 Zinc, density of, and utility, . 865 , distribution of, . . 861 ■ , hydrogen produced with, 866 —, its various economic uses, 866 ——, native carbonate of the pro- toxide of, ... 861 Zinc, oxide of hydrate of, . 867 , -, only one, how prepared, . . 867 Zinc, qualities of, . . 864 , salts of, . . . 869 , sulphate of, . . 869 , sulphuret of, . . 861 , tests of, . . 871 , the most expansible metal, 208 THB END. Edinbnrgb: Printed by W. and It. Chambers.