 | Sir Humphry Davy - Chemistry - 1812 - 352 pages
...with 60 parts of water mixed with one part of nitric acid, and one part of sulphuric acid, afforded a series of brilliant and impressive effects. When pieces of charcoal about an inch long and one sixth of an inch in diameter, were brought near each other (within the thirtieth or fortieth part... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 482 pages
...one part nf nitric arid, and one part of the sulphuric ncid, afforded n x-ries of l-rilVOL Hani ami impressive effects. When pieces of charcoal about an inch long and one-sixth of an inch in diameter were brought near ,ii iilber (nithintlie thirtieth or fortieth part of an inch), a bright spark vt... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 480 pages
...of water mixed with one part of nitric acid, and one part of the »ulphuric acid, afforded a aerie» of brilliant and impressive effects. When pieces of charcoal about an inch long and one-sixth of nn inch in diameter were brought near cncb other (nilhin the thirtieth or fortieth part of an inch),... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 688 pages
...sixty parts of water mixed with one part of nitric acid, and one part of the sulphuric acid, afforded a series of brilliant and impressive effects. When...an inch long and one-sixth of an inch in diameter were brought near each other (within the thirtieth part or fortieth part of an inch), a bright spark... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 712 pages
...sixty parts of water mixed witli one part of nitric acid, and one part of the sulphuric acid, afforded a series of brilliant and impressive effects. When...an inch long and one-sixth of an inch in diameter were brought near each other (within the thirtieth part or fortieth part of an inch), a bright spark... | |
 | William Shepherd, Jeremiah Joyce, Lant Carpenter - Education - 1815 - 598 pages
...is equal to 128,000 square inches : some of the effects of this battery have been thus described : When pieces of charcoal about an inch long and one-sixth of an inch in diameter, were brought near each other (within the thirtieth or fortieth part of an inch), a bright spark was... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Arts - 1816 - 316 pages
...with 60 parts of water mixed with one part of nitric acid, and one part of sulphuric acid, afforded a series of brilliant and impressive effects. When...an inch long and one-sixth of an inch in diameter, were brought near each other (within the thirtieth or fortieth part of an inch,) a bright spark was... | |
 | Andrew Ure - Chemistry - 1821 - 418 pages
...filled with 60 parts of water, mixed with one part of nitric acid, and one of sulphuric acid, afforded a series of brilliant and impressive effects. When...an inch long, and one-sixth of an inch in diameter, were brought within l-30th or l-40th of an inch of each other, a bright spark was produced, and more... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Curiosities and wonders - 1821 - 768 pages
...of brilliant and impressive effects. When pieces of charcoal, about an inch in length, and one sixth of an inch in diameter, are brought near each other (within the thirtieth or fortieth part of an iuch) a 'bright spark is produced, and more than half -the volume of the charcoal becomes ignited to... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Wonder - 1821 - 788 pages
...with sixty parts of water, mixed with one part of nitric acid, and one part of sulphuric acid, afford a series of brilliant and impressive effects. When pieces of charcoal, •about an inch in length, and one sixth of an inch in diameter, are brought near each other (within the thirtieth... | |
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When pieces of charcoal about an inch long and onesixth of an inch in diameter, were brought near each other (within the thirtieth or fortieth part of an inch) a bright spark was produced, and more than half the volume of 'the charcoal became ignited... 
