 It [charcoal] possesses the power, not only of absorbing certain smelling gases, sulphuretted hydrogen and ammonia, but also of destroying the gases thus absorbed ; for otherwise its purifying action would soon be greatly impaired. It is very porous,...  Proceedings - Page 181by Institution of Municipal Engineers (Great Britain) - 1875Full view - About this book
 | Royal Agricultural Society of England - Agriculture - 1866 - 654 pages
...that it hastens very much the destruction of flesh, and all kinds of animal matter. It possesses tho power not only of absorbing certain smelling gases...condensed oxygen to the extent of eight times its bulk. Wo have, therefore, in charcoal oxygen gas (which supports combustion, or lights fires), in a condensed... | |
 | 1873 - 188 pages
...well as charcoal did. Dr. Voelcker said charcoal possessed the power not only of absorbing certain gases, sulphuretted hydrogen and ammonia, but also of destroying the gases thus absorbed. There was a considerable difference of opmion amongst chemists as to what the action of charcoal was... | |
 | Society of Engineers (London, England) - Engineering - 1873 - 184 pages
...well as charcoal did. Dr. Voelcker said charcoal possessed the power not only of absorbing certain gases, sulphuretted hydrogen and ammonia, but also of destroying the gases thus absorbed. There was a considerable difference of opinion amongst chemists as to what the action of charcoal was... | |
 | San Francisco. City and County Surveyor - 1876 - 50 pages
...Welcker says: " It (charcoal) possesses the power not only of absorbing certain smelling gases, such as sulphuretted hydrogen and ammonia, but also of destroying...its bulk. We have, therefore, in charcoal oxygen gas in a condensed and more active condition than in the common air which we breathe. Hence it is that... | |
 | Frank Wells - Communicable diseases - 1876 - 184 pages
...power not only of absorbing certain smelling gases, sulphuretted hydrogen and ammonia, but of also destroying the gases thus absorbed ; for otherwise its purifying action would soon be destroyed." As one cubic inch of beech-wood charcoal, according to Liebig, contains pores, equal to... | |
 | George Edwin Waring (Jr.) - Sanitation - 1877 - 188 pages
...charcoal is very porous, this is usually taken as an illustration. Voelcker says :* " It [charcoal] possesses the power, not only of absorbing certain...times its bulk. " We have, therefore, in charcoal oxygon gas (which supports combustion or lights fires) in a condensed or more active condition than... | |
 | George Edwin Waring - Sanitation - 1877 - 176 pages
...charcoal is very porous, this is usually taken as an illustration. Voelcker says :* " It [charcoal] possesses the power, not only of absorbing certain...filled with condensed oxygen to the extent of eight limes its bulk. " We have, therefore, in charcoal oxygen gas (which supports combustion or lights fires)... | |
 | James Copper Bayles - Drainage, House - 1878 - 380 pages
...best results. Voelcker says of charcoal : " It possesses the power not only of absorbing certain foul smelling gases — sulphuretted hydrogen and ammonia...filled with condensed oxygen to the extent of eight oxygen, times its bulk. We have, therefore, in charcoal, oxygen gas in a condensed form and more active... | |
 | James Copper Bayles - Drainage, House - 1878 - 380 pages
...the power not only of absorbing certain foul smelling gases—sulphuretted hydrogen and ammonia—but also of destroying the gases thus absorbed; for otherwise...filled with condensed oxygen to the extent of eight oxygen, times its bulk. "VVe have, therefore, in charcoal, oxygen gas in a condensed form and more... | |
 | Medicine - 1887 - 394 pages
...certain smelling gases — sulphuretted hydrogen and ammonia — but also of destroying the gases so absorbed; for otherwise its purifying action would...its bulk. We have therefore in charcoal oxygen gas in a condensed and more active condition than in the common air which we breathe . . . Its power of... | |
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