Inorganic chemistry / by the late George Wilson ... revised and enl. by H.G. Madan.

  • George Wilson
Date:
1872
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Credit: Inorganic chemistry / by the late George Wilson ... revised and enl. by H.G. Madan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE III.—SPECIFIC GRAVITIES OR DENSITIES. (A.) SOLIDS. (For the Densities of the Metals, see page 339.) Water at 4° = i-ooo. Phosphorus 1-77 Sulphur 2-05 Carbon (graphite) 2-50 a diamond 3-51 Selenium 4-30 Iodine 4.95 Cork 0-29 Deal o-66 Oak Melting ice. Amber Ivory Porcelain... Quartz Marble' Flint-glass. Ether Alcohol Turpentine Olive Oil... [B.) LIQUIDS. Water at 40 = i-ooo. •0-715 .0-792 .0-869 .0-915 Water at o° Carbon disulphide Bromine .0-84 ■0-93 ,i-o8 .1.91 .2-38 .2-65 .2-83 3-33 .0-999 .1-263 .2-966 (C.) GASES. Air at o° = i^ooo. Hydrogen 0-0693 Marsh-gas °-555 Ammonia 0-596 Steam 0-622 Carbonic Oxide 0-967 Nitrogen 0-971 Ethylene 0-979 Nitric Oxide 1-039 Oxygen 1-106 Hydric Phosphide 1 -214 n Sulphide 1-191 11 Chloride 1-247 Nitrous Oxide 1-520 Carbonic Dioxide l-529 Sulphur, at 6000 6-62 n at 1000° 2-21 Sulphurous Anhydride 2-234 Chlorine 2-470 Phosphorus 4 -420 Bromine 5'54° Mercury 6-976 Iodine 8-716 Arsenic 10-600 Alcohol ,.i-6io Ether 2-586 Carbonic Disulphide 2-644 [The above are the results of experiment, and differ slightly in some instances from the densities given in the text, which are from Bunsen's Gasometry.]