 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1820 - 472 pages
...Yes ; because, as I said before, water is composed of two volumes of hydrogen to one of oxygen—and if we should now mix these gases together and set...disappear, and a small quantity of water would be formed. There is another curious effect produced by the combustion of hydrogen gas, which I shall show you,... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand), John Lee Comstock - 1822 - 440 pages
...Yes; because, as I said before, water is composed of two volumes of hydrogen to one of oxygen—and if we should now mix these gases together and set...disappear, and a small quantity of water would be formed. There is another curious effect produced by the combustion of hydrogen gas, which'I shall show you,... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1832 - 404 pages
...but in one of them there is twice as much as in the other. \ MRS. B. Yes; because, as I said before, water is composed of two volumes of hydrogen to one...disappear, and a small quantity of water would be formed. There is another curious effect produced by the combustion of hydrogen gas, which I shall show you,... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1835 - 374 pages
...I shall now kindle it with a taper. two volumes of hydrogen to one of oxygen—and if we should DOW mix these gases together and set fire to them by an...disappear, and a small quantity of water would be formed. .' There is another curious effect produced by the combustion of Mrs. B. Instead of the receiver, by... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1841 - 372 pages
...were mixed than is proper for the production of water? two volumes of hydrogen to one of oxygen—and if we should now mix these gases together and set...disappear, and a small quantity of water would be formed. There is another curious effect produced by the combustion of hydrogen gas, which I shall show you,... | |
 | Raphael Meldola - 1873 - 200 pages
...was then found that the volume of hydrogen produced was double the volume of oxygen ; in other words, water is composed of two volumes of hydrogen to one of oxygen. Since one volume of oxygen, then, combines with two volumes of hydrogen, one-third of the contraction... | |
 | William Jago - 1881 - 224 pages
...effected, and on the gas regaining its original temperature, the volume is found to be much less. As water is composed of two volumes of hydrogen to one of oxygen, the amount of oxygen present in the gaseous mixture is one-third of the diminution observed. The eudiometer... | |
 | William Jago - 1882 - 286 pages
...effected, and on the gas regaining its original temperature, the volume is found to be much less. As water is composed of two volumes of hydrogen to one of oxygen, the amount of oxygen present in the gaseous mixture is one-third of the diminution observed. The eudiometer... | |
 | Isaac Sharpless, George Morris Philips - 1883 - 376 pages
...the negative. Pig. 272 shows the method of illustrating this. As Fia. 272.—Electrolysis of Water. water is composed of two volumes of hydrogen to one of oxygen, one tube will collect gas twice as fast as the other. Electro-plating.—The galvanic battery decomposes... | |
 | Isaac Sharpless, George Morris Philips - 1892 - 384 pages
...increased if the tubes are held an inch above the bottom of the glass, or quite above the electrodes. As water is composed of two volumes of hydrogen to one of oxygen, one tube will collect gas twice as fast as the other. 490. Electro-plating.—When the electrolyte... | |
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water is composed of two volumes of hydrogen to one of oxygen — and if we should now mix these gases together and set fire to them by an electrical spark, both gases would entirely disappear, and a small quantity of water would be formed. 
