"Magnesic" Quotes from Famous Books
... test. Heller's contact method, which can also be used with the last-described reagent, is the best mode of applying the old-fashioned and favorite test with nitric acid. To 5 volumes of a filtered saturated solution of magnesic sulphate, prepared by dissolving 10 parts of the salt in 13 parts of distilled water, add 1 volume of strong nitric acid, and label "Sir W. Roberts' nitric acid reagent." A couple of drachms of bright filtered urine is allowed to float on an equal quantity of this ... — Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887 • Various |