 | Thomas Thomson - 1825 - 1052 страници
...accuracy of the atomic weights of other bodies. 2. Hydrogen, so far as we know at present, combines with but few of the other simple bodies; while oxygen...often in various proportions. Consequently very little adrantage is gained by representing the atom of hydrogen by unity; but a very great one, by representing... | |
 | 1826 - 460 страници
...chemists are not yet all agreed about its weight. 2. Hydrogen, so far as we know at present, combines with but few of the other simple bodies ; while oxygen...by representing the atom of oxygen by unity. For it reduces the greater number of arithmetical operations respecting these bodies to the addition of unity... | |
 | 1826 - 490 страници
...chesmist are not yet all agreed about its weight. 2. Hydrogen, so far as we know at present, combines with but few of the other simple bodies; while oxygen...by representing the atom of oxygen by unity. For it reduces the greater number of arithmetical operations respecting these bodies to the addition of unity... | |
 | Ida Freund - 1904 - 682 страници
...the accuracy of the atomic weights of other bodies.... Hydrogen as far as we know at present combines with but few of the other simple bodies, while oxygen...one by representing the atom of oxygen by unity." Whilst Thomson used 1 of oxygen, Wollaston was in favour of 10 of oxygen. Both these numbers were rejected... | |
 | Ida Freund - 680 страници
...the accuracy of the atomic weights of other bodies.... Hydrogen as far as we know at present combines with but few of the other simple bodies, while oxygen...one by representing the atom of oxygen by unity." Whilst Thomson used 1 of oxygen, Wollaston was in favour of 10 of oxygen. Both these numbers were rejected... | |
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... and will make them all either too heavy or too light ; whereas if we make choice of oxygen for our unity, an error respecting the atom of hydrogen will be confined to that atom and will not affect the accuracy of the atomic weights of other bodies....... 