 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1833 - 562 pages
...one of the simple elementary bodies. Charcoal is almost entirely composed of it. Etym., Carbo, coal. CARBONATE of LIME. Lime combines with great avidity...Carbonates. All limestones are carbonates of lime, and quick lime is obtained by driving off the carbonic acid by heat. CARBONATED SPRINGS. Springs of water,... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1833 - 570 pages
...one of the simple elementary bodies. Charcoal is almost entirely composed of it. Etym., Carbo, coal. CARBONATE of LIME. Lime combines with great avidity...Carbonates. All limestones are carbonates of lime, and quick lime is obtained by driving off the carbonic acid by heat. CARBONATED SPRINGS. Springs of water,... | |
 | Virginia Geological Survey - 1836 - 552 pages
...inflammable substance, one of the simple elementary bodies. Charcoal is almost entirely composed of it. Carbonate of Lime. — Lime combines with great avidity...of it with other substances are called Carbonates. AH limestones are carbonates of lime, and quick lime is obtained by driving off the carbonic acid by... | |
 | Geological Survey of Pennsylvania - 1836 - 686 pages
...one of the simple elementary bodies. Charcoal is almost entirely composed of it. Etym. carbo, coal. Carbonate of Lime. — Lime combines with great avidity with carbonic acid, a gaseous acid obtained fluid when united with water, and all combinations of it, with other substances, are called... | |
 | geologocal survey of pennsylvania - 1838 - 446 pages
...one of the simple elementary bodies. Charcoal is almost entirely composed of it. Etym. earbo, coal. Carbonate of Lime. Lime combines with great avidity...combinations of it with other substances are called Car* bonales. All limestones are carbonates oflime, and quick lime is obtained by driving ofl' the... | |
 | Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. State Geologist (1836-1841) - 1838 - 108 pages
...entirely composed of it. Elym. earbo, ooaL 88 OLOSSAKV Carbonate of Lime. Lime combines with great aridity with carbonic acid, a gaseous acid only obtained fluid...are called Carbonates, All limestones are carbonates oflime, and quick lime is obtained by driving off the carbonic acid by heat. Carboniferous. A term... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1847 - 434 pages
...one of the simple elementary bodies. Charcoal is almost entirely composed of it. Etym., carAo, coal. CARBONATE of LIME. Lime combines with great avidity...other substances are called Carbonates. All limestones art carbonates of time, and quick-lime is obtained by driving off the carbonic acid, by hear. CARBONATED... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1847 - 866 pages
...one of the simple elementary bodies. Charcoal is almost entirely composed of it. Etym., carbo, coal. CARBONATE of LIME. Lime combines with great avidity...— and all combinations of it with other substances arc called Carbonates. All limestones arc carbonates of lime, and quicklime is obtained by driving... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1854 - 870 pages
...composed of it. Etym., carbo, coal. CARBONATE OF LIUE. Lime combines with great avidity with onrbonic acid, a gaseous acid only obtained fluid when united...carbonates of lime, and quicklime is obtained by driving off the carbonic acid by heat. CARBONATED SPRINGS. Springs of water, containing carbonic acid gas.... | |
 | Missouri. State geologist, George Clinton Swallow - 1855 - 496 pages
...inflammable substance, one of tho simple elementary bodies. Charcoal is almost entirely composed of it. Carbonate of Lime. Lime combines with great avidity...only obtained fluid when united with water, — and the compounds of it with other substances, are called Carbonatcs. Carboniferous. A terra usually applied,... | |
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CARBONATE of LIME. Lime combines with great avidity with carbonic acid, a gaseous acid only obtained fluid when united with water, — and all combinations of it with other substances are called Carbonates. All limestones are carbonates of lime, and quick... 
