Physics and chemistry for nursesG.P. P]utnam's Sons, 1916 - 444 pages |
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... example , water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen , but hydrogen and oxygen have never been subdivided and are therefore considered elements . States of matter .-- Matter is generally described as existing in three physical states ...
... example , water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen , but hydrogen and oxygen have never been subdivided and are therefore considered elements . States of matter .-- Matter is generally described as existing in three physical states ...
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... example , C stands for carbon , C1 for chlorin , N for nitrogen and Na for sodium , the Latin name of which is natrium . A number placed after a symbol shows that there are as many atoms of the element as the number designates ; thus ...
... example , C stands for carbon , C1 for chlorin , N for nitrogen and Na for sodium , the Latin name of which is natrium . A number placed after a symbol shows that there are as many atoms of the element as the number designates ; thus ...
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... example , radiant energy from the sun produces chemical energy in plants which causes them to grow . This energy , which binds the atoms of the plant constituents together , remains locked in the molecules and is known as latent or ...
... example , radiant energy from the sun produces chemical energy in plants which causes them to grow . This energy , which binds the atoms of the plant constituents together , remains locked in the molecules and is known as latent or ...
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... example , a house may be burned , but the elements composing it are still in existence , some in the form of ashes , some as gases that have passed into space . The oxygen of the air , which maintained the combustion , united with some ...
... example , a house may be burned , but the elements composing it are still in existence , some in the form of ashes , some as gases that have passed into space . The oxygen of the air , which maintained the combustion , united with some ...
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... example , we have heat , light , mechanical energy , electrical energy , and chemical energy , and one form can be made to produce another form , or , in the words of the law of the conser- vation of energy , energy can be changed from ...
... example , we have heat , light , mechanical energy , electrical energy , and chemical energy , and one form can be made to produce another form , or , in the words of the law of the conser- vation of energy , energy can be changed from ...
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Page 311 - If it contains any added substance or ingredient which is poisonous or injurious to health. Provided, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to mixtures or compounds recognized as ordinary articles or ingredients of articles of food, if each and every package sold or offered for sale be distinctly labeled as mixtures or compounds, with the name and per cent of each ingredient therein, and are not injurious to health.
Page 311 - If any substance or substances have been mixed with it, so as to lower or depreciate, or injuriously affect its quality, strength, or purity; (2) If any inferior or cheaper substance, or substances have been substituted wholly or in part for it; (3) If any valuable or necessary constituent or ingredient has been wholly or in part abstracted from it...
Page 311 - If it consists wholly or in part of a diseased, decomposed, putrid, infected, tainted or rotten animal or vegetable substance or article, whether manufactured or not, or in the case of milk, if it is the product of a diseased animal.
Page 277 - In some fruits, as oranges and prunes, the amount rejected in eating is practically the same as refuse. In others, as apples and pears, more or less of the edible material is ordinarily rejected with the skin and seeds and other inedible portions. The edible material which is thus thrown away, and should properly be classed with the waste, is hera classed with the refuse.
Page 277 - Such vegetables as potatoes, squash, beets, etc., have a certain amount of inedible material, skin, seeds, etc. The amount varies with the method of preparing the vegetables, and can not be accurately estimated.
Page 311 - Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to mixtures or compounds recognized as ordinary articles or ingredients of articles of food, if each and every package sold or offered for sale...
Page 278 - The average of five analyses of cereal coffee grain is: Water 6.2 protein 13.3, fat 3.4, carbohydrates 72.6, and ash 4.5 per cent. Only a portion of the nutrients, however, enter into the infusion. The average in the table represents the available nutrients in the beverage. Infusions of genuine coffee and of tea like the above contain practically no nutrients.
Page 311 - First, if any substance or substances have been mixed with it, so as to lower or depreciate or injuriously affect its quality, strength, or purity; second, if any inferior or cheaper substance or substances have been substituted wholly or in part for it; third, if any valuable...
Page 277 - The edible mater1al which is thus thrown away- and should properly be classed with the waste, is here classed with the refuse. The figures for refuse here given represent, as nearly as can be ascertained, the quantities ordinarily rejected.
Page 30 - Energy can be changed from one form to another, but it cannot be created or destroyed.