PDF Books in Chemistry
Familiar Letters of Chemistry
by Justus LiebigThe Letters contained in this little Volume embrace some of the most important points of the science of Chemistry, in their application to Natural Philosophy, Physiology, Agriculture, and Commerce. Some of them treat of subjects which have already been, or will hereafter be, more fully discussed in my larger works. They were intended to be mere ske..
The Chemical History of a Candle
by Michael FaradayFrom the primitive pine-torch to the paraffin candle, how wide an interval! between them how vast a contrast! The means adopted by man to illuminate his home at night, stamp at once his position in the scale of civilisation. The fluid bitumen of the far East, blazing in rude vessels of baked earth; the Etruscan lamp, exquisite in form, yet ill adap..
The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis
by Frederick Hutton GetmanThese few pages are intended to serve a twofold purpose,—to give the student a general outline of Blowpipe Analysis, and to introduce him to the methods of Determinative Mineralogy. Every effort has been made to simplify details so that the book may be used in both High Schools and Colleges.Tables for "systematic" examination have been intentionall..
A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing
by Bernard D. BolasTo cover the whole field of glass-blowing in a small handbook would be impossible. To attempt even a complete outline of the methods used in making commercial apparatus would involve more than could be undertaken without omitting the essential details of manipulation that a novice needs. I have, therefore, confined myself as far as possible to such..
Observation on the Use and Abuse of Mercury, and on the Precautions Necessary in its Employment
by A. Philips WilsonThe following Observations are addressed to the Public, with a view, on the one hand, to do away certain erroneous prepositions respecting the effects of Mercury, which impede the necessary employment of it; and on the other, to call its attention to the impropriety of an indiscriminate use of this medicine, by which much harm is often done, and th..
The Wine Press and the Cellar
by Emmet Hawkins RixfordIn 1876 the Mission grape sold in California for from $7.50 to $10 per ton, and foreign varieties for from $14 to $18 per ton, and consequently many vineyardists in districts remote from the market turned their hogs into the vineyard to gather the fruit. At this time farmers concluded that it would not pay to grow grapes, and the vines were rooted ..
Researches Chemical and Philosophical
by Humphry DavyIn consequence of the discovery of the respirability and extraordinary effects of nitrous oxide, or the dephlogisticated nitrous gas of Dr. Priestley, made in April 1799, in a manner to be particularly described hereafter, I was induced to carry on the following investigation concerning its composition, properties, combinations, and mode of operati..
Determination of the Atomic Weight of Cadmium
by Harry C. JonesThe method of weighing the more or less hygroscopic cadmium sulphate is open to criticism when employed in accurate work. The cadmium sulphate was placed in an open boat, dried, cooled over sulphuric acid, and weighed. It was again dried, cooled as before, and weighed. The second weighing could be quickly accomplished since the approximate weight w..