Author : J. J. Berzelius
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528081184
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (811 download)
Book Synopsis The Use of the Blowpipe in Chemistry and Mineralogy (Classic Reprint) by : J. J. Berzelius
Download or read book The Use of the Blowpipe in Chemistry and Mineralogy (Classic Reprint) written by J. J. Berzelius and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Use of the Blowpipe in Chemistry and Mineralogy The work which I now offer to the public treats of a subject which is of great importance to the practical chemist, the miner, and the mineralogist. It constitutes a system of chemical experiments performed in the dry way, as it was formerly called, but on so small a scale as to be almost microscopic, although the results are instantly attained and decisive. In all analytical inves tigations of inorganic substances, the use of the blow pipe is indispensable, since by its aid all the tests necessary to determine the nature of the substance Ope rated on may be performed with so small a quantity of the material as to be hardly perceptible to the bal ance, while the presence of elements, which were neither expected or sought for, is often detected. The facility with which the constituents of minerals may be deter mined by the aid of the blowpipe, renders the use of this instrument indispensable to the miner, who often finds his Operations disturbed by the occurrence of foreign sub stances in his ores, whose nature he rarely has sufficient skill or time to investigate thoroughly, but which he. 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.
