On Food: Being Lectures Delivered at the South Kensington MuseumR. Hardwicke, 1873 - 385 páginas |
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... acid gas and ammonia . These two substances pass into the plant with the water , and out of these things we have manu- factured in the system of the plant all our vegetable food . Carbonic acid gas , ammonia , and water , then , are the ...
... acid gas and ammonia . These two substances pass into the plant with the water , and out of these things we have manu- factured in the system of the plant all our vegetable food . Carbonic acid gas , ammonia , and water , then , are the ...
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... acid gas they contain ; and in nine cases out of ten that carbonic acid is derived from the decomposition of animal and vegetable matters . Their cooling taste is no less indi- cative of their impure origin , as it arises from the ...
... acid gas they contain ; and in nine cases out of ten that carbonic acid is derived from the decomposition of animal and vegetable matters . Their cooling taste is no less indi- cative of their impure origin , as it arises from the ...
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... acid gas . This gas is found in a variety of substances in nature . Thus , it is found in carbonate of ammonia , and by pouring a little acid of any kind upon this substance , we are able to liberate the car- bonic acid . If you take a ...
... acid gas . This gas is found in a variety of substances in nature . Thus , it is found in carbonate of ammonia , and by pouring a little acid of any kind upon this substance , we are able to liberate the car- bonic acid . If you take a ...
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... acid gas escaping . Now this gas has certain properties by which we recognize its presence anywhere ; for instance , if you put a lighted match into it , it immediately extinguishes the light ; if you put a little clear lime - water ...
... acid gas escaping . Now this gas has certain properties by which we recognize its presence anywhere ; for instance , if you put a lighted match into it , it immediately extinguishes the light ; if you put a little clear lime - water ...
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... acid ; how waters thus charged with this gas passing over a soil containing chalk or limestone , will dissolve the carbonate of lime . It is natural for waters in chalk districts to take up as much chalk as their carbonic acid will ...
... acid ; how waters thus charged with this gas passing over a soil containing chalk or limestone , will dissolve the carbonate of lime . It is natural for waters in chalk districts to take up as much chalk as their carbonic acid will ...
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