The Chemistry and Literature of Beryllium (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Chemistry and Literature of Beryllium (Classic Reprint) written by Charles Lathrop Parsons and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Chemistry and Literature of Beryllium Discovery - In 1797 L. N. Vauquelin undertook to prove the chemical identity of the emerald and beryl, which had already been suspected by Haiiy, and in the course of his analytical research, discovered that a portion of the precipitate which had previously been supposed to be aluminium hydroxide, was thrown out of its solution in potassium hydroxide on boiling. He also found that this new hydroxide was soluble in ammonium car bonate, formed no alum and was in many ways different from aluminum. These observations led him to announce in a paper read before the Institute on Feb. 14, 1898 (1798; I),1 the dis covery of a new earth. 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.