The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Volumen43A. and C. Black, 1847 |
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... carbonic acid , and contains its own volume of the gas . From 44 cubic inches , that is about 11.120 grains of the water , there were obtained , besides carbonic acid , 1.8 grains of saline matter , readily soluble in water , chiefly ...
... carbonic acid , and contains its own volume of the gas . From 44 cubic inches , that is about 11.120 grains of the water , there were obtained , besides carbonic acid , 1.8 grains of saline matter , readily soluble in water , chiefly ...
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... carbonic acid , ―on its being redissolved , almost the whole of the silica remained , forming a strongly adhering incrustation of a dead white colour . These , and other facts on the direct action of carbonic acid on silica , some of ...
... carbonic acid , ―on its being redissolved , almost the whole of the silica remained , forming a strongly adhering incrustation of a dead white colour . These , and other facts on the direct action of carbonic acid on silica , some of ...
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... carbonic acid . If this be admitted , may it not aid in the explanation of much that is obscure in regard to the ... carbonic acid . And as , in every instance in which I have had an opportunity of ex- amining waters containing silica ...
... carbonic acid . If this be admitted , may it not aid in the explanation of much that is obscure in regard to the ... carbonic acid . And as , in every instance in which I have had an opportunity of ex- amining waters containing silica ...
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... carbonic acid , which appears to be the true solvent of phosphate of lime ; for waters charged with car- bonic acid , dissolve large quantities of it . Alkalies and ebullition separate the carbonic acid , and precipitate the salt . The ...
... carbonic acid , which appears to be the true solvent of phosphate of lime ; for waters charged with car- bonic acid , dissolve large quantities of it . Alkalies and ebullition separate the carbonic acid , and precipitate the salt . The ...
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... carbonic acid ; they indicate the part which the fluoride of calcium acts in the teeth , in protecting the osseous portion from the carbonic acid disengaged from the lungs , and dissolved also in the saliva , which at the same time is ...
... carbonic acid ; they indicate the part which the fluoride of calcium acts in the teeth , in protecting the osseous portion from the carbonic acid disengaged from the lungs , and dissolved also in the saliva , which at the same time is ...
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