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alkali animals blue flame blue litmus bodies boil bottle breathe bright flame bubbles burnt calcium chloride called carbonic acid gas chalk charcoal chemists clay coal gas colour colourless combined with oxygen common salt compound contains carbon cool copper cork crystals dissolve distilled earth EXPERIMENT filter fire and burn flask form water gases gold half an ounce heat hydrochloric acid hydrogen iron lamp lead Lead acetate learnt light lime lime-water liquid magnesium melted metal mixture nitrate nitre nitric acid nitrogen oxide of mercury oxygen oxygen and hydrogen oxygen gas piece plants potash Potassium pounds pure quantity red oxide red phosphorus red-hot retort rocks silica silver small bit soap Sodium carbonate Sodium chloride Sodium nitrate sodium sulphate solid soot steam substance sulphuric acid takes fire test-tube vitriol weight of oxygen whilst white fumes white powder yellow zinc zinc sulphate
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Page 92 - Two parts by weight of hydrogen unite with 1C parts by weight of oxygen to form 18 parts by weight of water.
Page 4 - You see that the bright glass is at once dimmed, and if you look carefully you will notice the little drops of water which bedew the inside of the glass.