First Principles of Chemistry: Being a Familiar Introduction to the Study of that Science; for the Use of Schools, Academies, and the Lower Classes of CollegesHarper & brothers, 1845 - 444 pages |
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First Principles of Chemistry: Being a Familiar Introduction to the Study of ... James Renwick Affichage du livre entier - 1852 |
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Page 56 - The ratio between the sines of the angles of incidence and refraction is called the index of refraction.
Page 424 - POLARIZED LIGHT; light, which, by reflection or refraction at a certain angle, or by refraction in certain crystals, has acquired the property of exhibiting opposite effects in planes at right angles to each other, is said to be polarized.
Page 412 - A cylinder is a solid figure described by the revolution of a rightangled parallelogram about one of its sides which remains fixed. XXII. The axis of a cylinder is the fixed straight line about which the parallelogram revolves. XXIII. The bases of a cylinder are the circles described by the two revolving opposite sides of the parallelogram.
Page 421 - MUCILAGINOUS ; resembling mucilage or gum. MULTIPLE, from multiplico, to render manifold ; a quantity is said to be a multiple of another when it contains that other quantity a certain number of times without a remainder.
Page 415 - Parabola, one of the conic sections formed by the intersection of a plane and a cone when the plane passes parallel to the side of the cone Parabolic Pyramidoid, a solid generated by supposing all the squares of the...
Page 422 - ... to produce ; a colourless gas, devoid of taste or smell ; it is one of the constituents of the atmosphere. NODES, -AL, from nodus, a knot ; in the doctrine of curves, a node is a small oval figure made by the intersection of one branch of a curve with another. NORMAL, from norma, a rule ; according to rule. NUCLEUS, from nucleus, a kernel ; the central parts of a body which are supposed to be firmer, and separated from the other parts, as the kernel of a nut is from the shell ; also, the point...
Page 423 - PELLICLE, a diminutive from pellis, a skin or crust ; a thin crust formed on the surface of a solution by evaporization. PENDULUM, from pende.o, to hang; a heavy body so suspended that it may vibrate, or swing backward and forward about some fixed point, by the action of gravity. PERCOLATE, from prr, through, and colo, to strain ; to strain through.
Page 248 - ... was formerly believed that in order that the separation be complete, the alloy must not contain more than 25 per cent gold. As a matter of fact, the alloy may contain up to 35 per cent gold and still the separation be successful. Pure gold is a rather soft, bright yellow metal having a high luster. It is the most malleable and ductile of all the metals, and conducts heat and electricity well. It may be beaten into very thin leaves, which transmit green light. A grain of gold may be beaten into...
Page 414 - ELECTRICITY, from ^Ar/crpov, amber ; the name of a power of matter, which produces a variety of peculiar phenomena, the first of which were observed in the mineral substance called amber ; the laws, hypothesis, and experiments by which they are explained and illustrated, constitute the science of electrity.
Page 414 - Svvafuc, power ; that branch of mechanical science which treats of moving powers, and of the action of forces on solid bodies, when the result of that action is motion. E. EBULLITION, from elndlio, to boil ; the act of boiling.