James Smithson and His BequestSmithsonian Institution., 1880 - 68 oldal |
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57. oldal
... acid . " The experiments from which these general results are extracted were made on the finest tabasheer that could ... carbonic acid , and water , in the proportion of 714 , 135 , and 151 ; there was besides found in it a minute ...
... acid . " The experiments from which these general results are extracted were made on the finest tabasheer that could ... carbonic acid , and water , in the proportion of 714 , 135 , and 151 ; there was besides found in it a minute ...
58. oldal
William Jones Rhees. phuric acid , and the action of heat , 1,000 parts of them were found to contain , of carbonic acid 348 , of oxide of zinc 652 . The electrical calamine , which Mr. Smithson examined , was from Reg- bania , in ...
William Jones Rhees. phuric acid , and the action of heat , 1,000 parts of them were found to contain , of carbonic acid 348 , of oxide of zinc 652 . The electrical calamine , which Mr. Smithson examined , was from Reg- bania , in ...
18. oldal
... carbonic acid , being a simple calx of zinc , attributing the effervescence which he found some of them to produce with acids , to an accidental admixture of carbonate of lime . The following experiments were made to obtain a more ...
... carbonic acid , being a simple calx of zinc , attributing the effervescence which he found some of them to produce with acids , to an accidental admixture of carbonate of lime . The following experiments were made to obtain a more ...
22. oldal
... Carbonic acid Calx of zinc 0.352 0.648 1.000 . Calamine from Derbyshire . a . This calamine consisted of a number of small crystals , about the size of tobacco - seeds , of a pale yellow colour , which appeared , from the shape of the ...
... Carbonic acid Calx of zinc 0.352 0.648 1.000 . Calamine from Derbyshire . a . This calamine consisted of a number of small crystals , about the size of tobacco - seeds , of a pale yellow colour , which appeared , from the shape of the ...
23. oldal
... Carbonic acid Calx of zinc 0.348 0.652 1.000 . Electrical Calamine . The Abbé HAUY has considered this kind as differing from the other calamines only in the circumstance of being in distinct crystals ; but it has already appeared , in ...
... Carbonic acid Calx of zinc 0.348 0.652 1.000 . Electrical Calamine . The Abbé HAUY has considered this kind as differing from the other calamines only in the circumstance of being in distinct crystals ; but it has already appeared , in ...
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26. oldal - Smithson should be invested, when received, by the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approbation of the President of the United States...
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15. oldal - British empire, a public institution for diffusing the knowledge and facilitating the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions and improvements, and for teaching, by courses of philosophical lectures and experiments, the application of science to the common purposes of life.
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21. oldal - In case of the death of my said nephew without leaving a child or children, or of the death of the child or children he may have had, under the age of twenty-one years, or intestate, I then bequeath the whole of my property (subject to the annuity of...
54. oldal - Paris, 1819. Bibliotheca Parisiana. A catalogue of a collection of books formed by a gentleman in France.
16. oldal - Society was to improve the knowledge of natural things, and all useful arts, manufactures, mechanick practises, engynes and inventions by experiments — (not meddling with divinity, metaphysics, moralls, politicks, grammar, rhetorick, or logick.)
22. oldal - In this committee great opposi tion was manifested at first to the acceptance of the bequest, but this yielded to the arguments and persuasion of the distinguished chairman, Mr. John Q. Adams. A bill was accordingly reported, directing the President to appoint an agent to assert and prosecute for and in behalf of the United States in the court of chancery, England, the legacy bequeathed by James Smithson.