"Ferrous" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... iron as a developer. To prove this he prepared some proto-succinate of iron from the succinate of potassium and proto-sulphate of iron, following the method given by Dr. Eder for the preparation of his ferrous oxalate developer. He carried out the development in the same way as is done by the oxalate, and he found that the succinate of iron is even more energetic than the oxalate. The plate develops regularly with much delicacy, and gives a ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 286 - June 25, 1881 • Various
... carbide. Dinies could chew iron. They could masticate steel. They could grind up and swallow anything but tool-steel reinforced with diamond chips. The same amateur chemist worked it out that the surface soil of the planet Eire was deficient in iron and ferrous compounds. The dinies needed iron. ...
— Attention Saint Patrick • William Fitzgerald Jenkins
... ethers (esters) of nitric acid. Thus on treatment with sulphuric acid, these compounds yield NO{3}H, the residue O.NO{2} thus appearing to be replaced by the sulphuric acid residue. On treatment with a solution of ferrous chloride, nitric oxide and "soluble" starch are regenerated. On shaking with sulphuric acid over mercury, all the nitrogen is split off ...
— Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise • P. Gerald Sanford
... forms several oxides. Ferrous oxide (FeO) is not found in nature, but can be prepared artificially in the form of a black powder which easily takes up oxygen, forming ...
— An Elementary Study of Chemistry • William McPherson
... copper, and made by a wet process, is obtained when a dilute solution of cupric sulphate and ferrous sulphate, in proper proportions, is mixed with a quantity of ferrocyanide of potassium not in excess. A very bulky deep black precipitate is formed, which is difficult to wash, and is deep black when dry. It is insoluble in water, ...
— Field's Chromatography - or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists • George Field |
