Author: William Crookes
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781334499142
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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Excerpt from The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science, 1900, Vol. 82: A Journal of Practical Chemistry in All Its Applications to Pharmacy, Arts, and Manufactures Duaa some recent investigations on the Daguerreotype process, the question presented itself as to which of the elements iorming the sensitive suriace oi the plate - the silver or the halogens - the sensitiveness was due? Now, although the fact that nearly all compounds of silver, especially the haloids, are more or less sensitive to, and decomposed by, the aaion oi light. Has long been known. The sensitiveness of metallic silver ilesli to light, though observed in 1842 by Moser, has never been generally recognised either by chemists or by photographers. 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.
Author: William Crookes
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266993667
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Languages : en
Pages : 756
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Excerpt from The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science, With Which Is Incorporated the "Chemical Gazette," 1861, Vol. 3: A Journal of Practical Chemistry in All the Application to Pharmacy, Arts, and Manufactures My next step is naturally to inquire in what degree this inconstancy in the composition of laurel water, which we assume upon theory, is home out by experience of its effects, and we find that here facts bear us out more full even than before. A short summary of these facts wil while occupying less space than a more detailed account, at the same time illustrate the case more clearly. 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.