A Class-book of Chemistry: On the Basis of the New System

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D. Appleton and Company, 1886
 

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Page 159 - Avogadro to the conception that equal volumes of all gases under the same conditions of temperature and pressure contain the same number of molecules.
Page 19 - This result gives the weight of a bulk of water equal to that of the specimen, and by dividing the weight of the specimen in air by this number, the specific gravity is obtained.
Page 22 - Gravity of a substance is the ratio of its weight to that of an equal volume of water.

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