Compounds

Examples

• One of these compounds, namely, chloride of lime, is the almost universal bleaching agent of commerce. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Among the important and interesting achievements of chemistry in the Nineteenth Century is the _artificial production of organic compounds_. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• For this reason, they have to depend solely upon nitrogenous compounds which are present in the soil and are soluble in water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The embodiment of such compounds in the little copper caps was made about 1818, and has been claimed by various parties. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The presence of these nitrogen compounds influences the action of the chlorine and produces unsatisfactory results. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• And if any person compounds with the hundred for less than this penalty, he is to be imprisoned for five years; and any other person may prosecute. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• In 1828 Wohler produced urea from inorganic substances, which was the first example of the synthetic production of organic compounds, and it was for many years the only product so formed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• His chief work was the making known widely of the beneficial effects of ammonia and ammoniacal compounds on vegetation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Some of the compounds formed by the sulphurous acid bleaching process are gradually decomposed by sunlight, and in consequence the original color is in time partially restored. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The soluble nitrogenous soil compounds are absorbed by roots and are utilized by plants for food. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The bacteria-made compounds dissolve in the soil water and are absorbed into the plant by the roots. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The nitrogen of the soil can be restored if we add to it a fertilizer containing nitrogen compounds which are soluble in water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• All such compounds had heretofore been either directly or indirectly derived from plants or animals. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• We have seen that oxygen unites with nitric oxide to form two compounds, and that into the one compound twice as much nitric oxide (by weight) enters as into the other. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The first United States patent was in 1861, and now there are about 1,400 patents on carbon dyes and compounds, the most of which belong to the coal tar group. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Inventions in the field of medicine consist chiefly in those innumerable compositions and compounds which have resulted from chemical discoveries. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• First Artificial production of organic compounds (urea) by Wohler. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Davy studied later the compounds of fluorine, and though un able to isolate the element, conjectured its likeness to chlorine. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• They are unstable compounds, decomposing readily, and furnish the acrid products which make strong butter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The first necessity was naturally to obtain the best and purest compounds for active materials. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In medicines a great array of compounds has been produced, such as antipyrin, the fever remedy, by Knorr (Pat. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• But modern chemistry is at work on the problem, and already it is possible to make some nitrogen compounds on a commercial scale. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Here, for several years, there was ceaseless activity in the preparation of these chemical compounds by every imaginable process and subsequent testing. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• These bacteria have the remarkable power of taking free nitrogen from the air in the soil and of combining it with other substances to form compounds which plants can use. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Operatives, girls in many cases, handle the most terrible compounds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A like relation was found in the weight of oxygen combining with carbon in the two compounds carbon monoxide and carbonic acid. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• There are other commercial methods for obtaining nitrogen compounds which are suitable for absorption by plant roots. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Label poison, and place all such compounds out of the reach of children. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• As to the storage battery, the plant at Silver Lake is responsible only for the production of the chemical compounds, nickel-hydrate and iron oxide, which enter into its construction. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Gold, silver, and lead are examples of elements, and water, alcohol, cider, sand, and marble are complex substances, or compounds, as we are apt to call them. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.

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