The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy ...: Researches, chemical and philosophical, chiefly concerning nitrous oxide ... and its respiration

Smith, Elder and Company, 1839

EXPERIMENTS	2

INTO THE PRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS OF NITROUS OXIDE	5

APPENDIX	8

Preliminaries	14

Experiment on the Formation of Nitrous Acid	25

Specific Gravity of Ammonia	40

Decomposition of Carbonate of Ammonia by Nitric Acid	47

Decomposition of Nitrate of Ammonia Production	53

Action of different Gases on Nitrous Oxide	148

Combination of Nitrous Oxide with Potash	156

Probability of forming Compounds of Nitrous Oxide	162

ON THE DECOMPOSITION OF NITROUS OXIDE BY COMBUSTIBLE	165

Mr Thomsons Theory of the difference between Nitric	166

Respiration	187

RESEARCH III	196

DIVISION II	219

Analysis of Nitrous Oxide	59

Conclusions	61

Of the Heat produced during the Decomposition of Nitrate	66

On the Preparation of Nitrous Oxide for Experiments	72

Analysis of Nitrous Gas by Charcoal	77

Conclusions	79

Of the Absorption of Nitrous Gas by Water	85

Of the Absorption of Nitrous Gas by Solution of pale	92

On the Absorption of Nitrous Gas by Solution of green	108

Absorption of Nitrous Gas by other Metallic Solutions	114

Of the Conversion of Nitrous Gas into Nitrous Oxide	120

Miscellaneous Observations on the Conversion of Nitrous	126

On the Action of the Electric Spark on a Mixture	137

Combinations of Nitrous Oxide with Fluid Inflammable	143

Of the Changes effected in Nitrous Oxide by Respiration	229

Respiration of Hydrogen	236

Additional Observations and Experiments on the Respira	243

Combination of Nitric Acid with Water	247

On the Respiration of Atmospheric Air	253

Respiration of Oxygen	259

Of Nitrous Vapour	266

DIVISION II	294

Letter from Dr Roget	302

Detail of Mr George Burnet	308

Detail of Miss Ryland	314

Effects of Nitrous Oxide on Vegetation	333

Conclusions	334

Description of a Mercurial Airholder suggested	341

Title	The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy ...: Researches, chemical and philosophical, chiefly concerning nitrous oxide ... and its respiration Volume 3 of The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy, Sir Humphry Davy Volume 3 of The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy: Edited by His Brother, John Davy, Sir Humphry Davy
Author	Sir Humphry Davy
Editor	John Davy
Publisher	Smith, Elder and Company, 1839
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	11 Jul 2007

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