 | Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - 1856 - 340 pagine
...of their particles, the pressure and temperature being the same." Then he concludes, in Part 2nd, " The truth is, I believe, that gases do not unite in...the most exact experiments I have ever made, gave 1.97 hydrogen to 1 oxygen." This discussion brings out prominently some of the points of Dalton's character.... | |
 | 1890 - 896 pagine
...evoked, more particularly from Dalton, who would not accept GayLussac's position, and affirmed his belief that " gases do not unite in equal or exact measures...appear to do so; it is owing to the inaccuracy of our experiments."3 There was at that time the difficu'ty that the specific gravity of gases and vapours... | |
 | 1904 - 126 pagine
...the "New System," Dalton makes strictures on the law, and comes to the following conclusion : — " The truth is, I believe, that gases do not unite in...approach to mathematical exactness, than in that of one measure of oxygen to two of hydrogen ; but here, the most exact experiments I have ever made gave... | |
 | Andrew Norman Meldrum - 1904 - 126 pagine
...in the "New System," Dalton makes strictures on the law, and comes to the following conclusion:—" The truth is, I believe, that gases do not unite in...approach to mathematical exactness, than in that of one measure of oxygen to two of hydrogen; but here, the most exact experiments I have ever made gave... | |
 | Ida Freund - 1904 - 682 pagine
...difficulty whatever about finding plenty which differed greatly from Gay-Lussac's — he proceeds to say : " The truth is, I believe, that gases do not unite in...instance ; when they appear to do so, it is owing to Dalton the inaccuracy of our experiments. In no case, perhaps, is perim'ental " there a nearer approach... | |
 | Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir - 1906 - 610 pagine
...Gay-Lussac's experiments, and in claiming consideration for his own results which led him to think that "gases do not unite in equal or exact measures...it is owing to the inaccuracy of our experiments." 1 Writing of Gay-Lussac's generalization, Dalton said (I. c.) : "In fact, his notion of measures is... | |
 | Francis Rolt-Wheeler - 1909 - 356 pagine
...maintained that gases do not combine exactly by volumes, but frequently by fractions of volumes. He said : "The truth is, I believe, that gases do not unite...approach to mathematical exactness than in that of one measure of oxygen to two of hydrogen; but here the most exact experiments I have ever made gave... | |
 | Thomas Martin Lowry - 1915 - 610 pagine
...attention. In the second part of his "New System," published in 1810, he sums up his criticism as follows : "The truth is, I believe, that gases do not unite...hydrogen ; but here, the most exact experiments I z have ever made, gave 1^97 hydrogen to 1 oxygen" (ACR IV. 27). C. AVOGADRO'S HYPOTHESIS Avogadro (1811)... | |
 | A. G. Howson, Colin Howson, Professor of Philosophy Colin Howson - 1976 - 358 pagine
...quickly be made to bear fruit. Dalton comments on the law in the Appendix to his [1810] ; he states : The truth is, I believe, that gases do not unite in...there a nearer approach to mathematical exactness than that of one measure of oxygen to two of hydrogen; but here, the most exact experiments I have ever... | |
 | Bernard Jaffe - 1976 - 388 pagine
...clumsy experimenter, refused to admit the validity of Gay-Lussac's Law. "The truth is," he maintained, "that gases do not unite in equal or exact measures...it is owing to the inaccuracy of our experiments." Berzelius knew that Dalton was wrong. He wrote to Dalton: "I think there are parts in your theory which... | |
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The truth is, I believe, that gases do not unite in equal or exact measures in any one instance; when they appear to do so, it is owing to the inaccuracy of our experiments. 
