A syllabus of a course of chemical lectures read at Guy's Hospital / By William Babington and William Allen.

  • Babington, William, 1756-1833.
Date:
1802
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Credit: A syllabus of a course of chemical lectures read at Guy's Hospital / By William Babington and William Allen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    referred the proceffes of Vijlillation, and Sub- limation* Bodies heated to a certain degree may be thereby either rendered luminous without fuf- fering any other effential change; or, if in contaft with air, may undergo an entire alter- ation in their properties: in the one cafe they are faid to be ignited; in the other, burned or inflamed* The phenomena and effects of Combujlion therefore referred to the head of Oxygen, OF AERIFORM SUBSTANCES OR GASSES. Thefe confift of a folid ponderable fubftance or Bafe combined in a peculiar manner with Caloric. The property of the refulting gas depends upon the nature of its Bafe* Thofe not condenfable at common tem- peratures, diftinguifhed by the name of Per- manently elaftic Fluids. Method of afcertaining the abfolute and fpecific Gravity of gaffes, and computing their volume ft