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SCIENCE AND ART:

BEING A

FAMILIAR INTRODUCTION

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NATURAL PHILOSOPHY AND CHEMISTRY:

TOGETHER WITH

THEIR APPLICATION TO A VARIETY OF ELEGANT

AND USEFUL ARTS.

BY JOHN IMISON.

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SIMPLE substances

Operations and instruments in chemistry

Pneumato-chemical apparatus

Of the nomenclature of chemistry .....

Caloric

Light

Electricity

Oxygen

Nitrogen

Combinations of oxygen and nitrogen

Nitrous acid

Nitric acid ...

Atmospheric air ..........

Hydrogen .................

Hydrogen and oxygen

Hydrogen and carbon

Sulphuretted hydrogen gas ....

Phosphuretted hydrogen gas ....

Chlorine

Iodine

Sulphur

Sulphuric acid

Carbon ....

Carbon and oxygen

Carbon and nitrogen

Phosphorus