An introduction to pracical chemistry : including analysis / by John E. Bowman.

  • Bowman, John E. (John Eddowes), 1819-1854.
Date:
1854
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Credit: An introduction to pracical chemistry : including analysis / by John E. Bowman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Heterogeneous, from 'irtpoc, different, and ysvog, kind ; different in nature and properties. Homogeneous, from ofibg, like, and ykvog, kind; alike in nature and properties. Hydkate, from vSiDp, water ; any substance whicli contains water chemically combined. Hydrogen, from vSiop, water, and ■yivvaw, to produce ; an inflam- mable, colourless, and aeriform fluid ; the lightest of aU known substances, and one of the elements of water. Hydro ; when prefixed to the name of a chemical substance, denotes that hydrogen enters into the composition of the substance which it signifies. Hydrostatics, from vStup, water, and (TTarbg, poised; the branch of Natural Philosophy which treats of the pressure and equili- brium of non-elastic fluids, and also of the weight, pressure, • &c., of solids immersed in them. Hypo, from vwb, under; when prefixed to a word, denotes an inferior quantity of some ingredient which enters into the composition of the substance which it signifies. Hypothesis, from vtto, under, and Ti6t}[j,i, to place; a principle sup- posed, or taken for granted, in order to prove a point in question. Ignite, from ignis, fire; to heat a substance to redness; to set on fire. Imponderable, from in, not, and pondero, to weigh; that which has no perceptible weight. Incandescent, from incandesco, to grow white ; white or glowing with heat. Increment, from incresco, to increase ; the quantity by which any- thing increases or becomes greater. Induction, electrical, from in, to, and duco, to lead; the effect produced by the tendency of an insulated electrified body, to excite an opposite electric state in neighbouring bodies. Inertia, from inertia, inactivity; the disposition of matter to remain in its state of rest or motion. Inflammable, from in, and flamnia, a flame ; capable of burning with a flame. Insulation, from insula, an island; when a body containing a quantity of free heat or electricity is surrounded by non-con- ductors, it is said to be imulatcd. Interstices, from interstitium, a break or interval; the unoccupied spaces between the molecules of bodies.