American Chemical Journal 1896 Vol 18 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from The Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1896, Vol. 18 HE want of a rapid method of determining with a close approximation the amount of lime and sulphuric acid in drinking water led me to the study of the opacity of fine White precipitates suspended in water. I precipitated in weak solu tions lime with ammonium oxalate, and sulphuric acid with barium chloride. Then measured the height of a column of the liquid containing the precipitate through which the flame of a common candle was just invisible. I expected only a rude approximation, but to my surprise, I found that between cer tain limits, an accuracy is attainable equal to that of the ordi nary volumetric methods. 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.