Experiments Upon Magnesia Alba, Quicklime, And Some Other Alcaline Substances

Experiments Upon Magnesia Alba, Quicklime, And Some Other Alcaline Substances
Author: Joseph Black
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2024-01-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9361158236

"Experiments upon Magnesia Alba, Quicklime, and some other Alkaline Substances" is a groundbreaking paintings by Joseph Black, a pioneering Scottish chemist and physician of the 18th century. The book outlines Black's meticulous experiments and influential discoveries within the realm of chemistry. In this seminal treatise, Black focuses on the chemical properties of magnesia alba (magnesium carbonate) and quicklime (calcium oxide). Through rigorous experimentation, he explores the reactions of those alkaline substances with acids, imparting crucial insights into the character of chemical reactions. A highlight of Black's contributions is his identification and exploration of carbon dioxide gas at some stage in the reaction between magnesia alba and acids. This seminal discovery laid the basis for the information of gases as wonderful chemical entities, revolutionizing the sphere of chemistry. Joseph Black's paintings on magnesia alba, quicklime, and alkaline substances notably advanced scientific knowledge, mainly within the knowledge of chemical reactions and the homes of gases. His influential experiments set the degree for future tendencies in chemistry, making "Experiments upon Magnesia Alba, Quicklime, and some other Alkaline Substances" a foundational textual content inside the records of science.

Experiments upon magnesia alba, Quicklime, and some other Alcaline Substances

Experiments upon magnesia alba, Quicklime, and some other Alcaline Substances
Author: Joseph Black
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 47
Release: 2022-08-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

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Experiments Upon Magnesia Alba, Quicklime, and Some Other Alcaline Substances

Experiments Upon Magnesia Alba, Quicklime, and Some Other Alcaline Substances
Author: Joseph Black
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2015-07-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9781507700822

"[...] This experiment was repeated with the volatile alkali, and also with the fossil or alkali of sea-salt, and exactly with the same event. The third proposition had less appearance of probability than the foregoing; but, as an accurate experiment was the only test of its truth, I reduced eight grains of perfect quick-lime made of chalk, to an exceedingly subtile powder, by slaking it in two drams of distilled water boiling hot, and immediately threw the mixture into eighteen ounces of distilled water in a flask. After shaking it, a light sediment, which floated thro' the liquor, was allowed to subside and this, when collected with the greatest care, and dryed, weighed, as nearly as I could guess, one third of a grain. The water tasted strongly of the[...]".

Experiments Upon Magnesia Alba, Quick-Lime, and Other Alcaline Substances (Classic Reprint)

Experiments Upon Magnesia Alba, Quick-Lime, and Other Alcaline Substances (Classic Reprint)
Author: Joseph Black
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2016-10-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781333885083

Excerpt from Experiments Upon Magnesia Alba, Quick-Lime, and Other Alcaline Substances Salt-petre is separated from the brine which first affords it, or from the water with which it is washed out of nitrous earths, by the process commonly used in crystallizing salts. In this process, the brine is gradually diminished, and at length reduced to a small quantity of an unctuous bitter saline liquor, affording no more salt petre by evaporation, but, if urged with a brisk fire, drying up into a confused mass, which attracts water strongly, and becomes uid again when exposed to the open air. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."