Project Gutenberg 2008-02-13 Public domain in the USA. 80 Black, Joseph 1728 1799 Experiments upon magnesia alba, Quicklime, and some other Alcaline Substances Reading ease score: 40.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Bryan Ness, Greg Bergquist, Jamie Atiga and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Experiments upon Magnesia Alba, Quicklime, and some other Alcaline Substances" by Joseph Black, M.D. is a scientific publication written in the mid-18th century. Authored by a prominent chemist and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh, the book presents a thorough investigation of various alkaline substances and their properties, particularly focusing on magnesia alba and quicklime. It marks a significant contribution to the early development of modern chemistry, highlighting experimental methods and quantitative analysis. In this work, Black meticulously documents a series of experiments aimed at understanding the chemical properties and behavioral interactions of magnesia alba and quicklime with various acids and other substances. He elucidates the process of obtaining magnesia from different sources, such as epsom salt and the mother of nitre, and investigates their behavior in reactions with acids like vitriolic and nitrous acid. The experiments reveal the distinct behaviors of these alkaline substances, particularly how they absorb fixed air and their ability to interact with acids, which led Black to propose foundational ideas regarding the properties of alkaline earths. His careful documentation of these experiments not only showcases the emerging quantitative method in chemistry but also provides early insights into acid-base reactions, setting a precedent for future chemical research. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Chemistry -- Early works to 1800 Alkalies Carbon dioxide Phlogiston QD Text Chemistry Browsing: Science - Chemistry/Biochemistry/Physics Browsing: Science - General 119795 2024-10-10T13:28:41.861851 2023-09-11T05:34:09.274709 text/html text/html 117099 2021-01-03T07:47:19 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 47793 2021-01-03T07:47:19 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 162941 2024-10-10T13:28:49.226986 application/epub+zip 163793 2024-10-10T13:28:45.972821 application/epub+zip 101335 2024-10-10T13:28:44.548831 application/epub+zip 401204 2024-10-10T13:28:51.480824 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 387907 2024-10-10T13:28:48.271824 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120702 2022-09-11T10:53:37.637190 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 102243 102122 2024-10-10T13:28:41.442857 2023-09-11T05:34:08.975705 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 102079 2021-01-03T07:47:19 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 34098 2021-01-03T07:47:19 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 102075 2021-01-03T07:47:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 34085 2021-01-03T07:47:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22461 2024-10-10T13:28:51.613782 application/rdf+xml 26830 2024-10-10T13:28:45.108827 image/jpeg 4957 2024-10-10T13:28:44.829817 image/jpeg 162176 2024-10-10T13:28:41.875844 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia