Author: Rollin Thomas Chamberlin

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-06-28

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 9781332816781

Excerpt from The Gases in Rocks The analyses are numbered in table 8 in the order in which they were made, and therefore furnish a chronological account of these investiga tions. At the commencement of these studies, it being deemed advisable to make a rapid survey of the field and establish the range of the phenome non, ih order to direct later experiments more intelligently, less attention was given to securing the most trustworthy method of extracting the gas. Twenty-two analyses were made during the preliminary trial stage, before the apparatus was overhauled and sealed glass connections substituted for rubber tubing. AS it was difficult to prevent a slight leakage of air into the tubes of the original apparatus, the first 22 analyses are characterized by a higher percentage of nitrogen than those made afterwards under more favorable conditions. Hydrogen sulphide was not determined in the first 17 analyses. Table 8 gives the percentage of each gas in the total volume of gas; and the volume of each gas (at 0 and 760 mm. Pressure) per unit-volume of rock. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."