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The Chemical Analysis Of Potable Waters, Ellwood Paisley

Chemistry Honors Papers

This 24 page thesis examines samples of drinking water, analyzing turbidity, sediment, odor and other elements present.

Select Methods In Quantitative Chemical Analysis, Florence Ada Brooks

Chemistry Honors Papers

This 18 page thesis examines various methods of quantitative chemical analysis.

Chemical Analysis Of Foods And Their Adulterants: Being An Investigation Into The Nature, Relative Value And More Common Forms Of Adulterations Of Certain Foods, William Samuel Long

Chemistry Honors Papers

This 26 page thesis examines the composition, natural variations, and artificial variations of various foods.

Design Of A Lead Blast Furnace, Walter Irving Phillips, Andrew Jackson Seltzer

Bachelors Theses

"In order to get the approximate size of the Furnace we made the following assumptions, being guided as far as possible by the practice of the Globe Smelting Works at Denver, Colorado whenever that could be ascertained"--page 1.

Analyses Of Limestones And Shales, Byron John Snyder

Bachelors Theses

"The limestones were analyzed to determine their value for cement and lime manufacture, and were taken from several counties in the state of Missouri. Most of the limestones examined were very pure. A considerable quantity of well burned lime is added to other material in the manufacture of cement, a lime of very pure type being the most acceptable in this work"--page 1.

Comparative Observations On The Evolution Of Gas From The Cathode In Helium And Argon, Clarence A. Skinner

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

No abstract provided.

Analytical Determination Of Copper Products, Charles Dosh Smith

Bachelors Theses

"It is a well known fact that the presence of impurities in copper products has been a source of annoyance to the Chemist. The object of this thesis was to make myself familiar with the actions of different impurities in copper products, and the methods for the determination of Arsenic in the same"--page 1.

Neutralization Of Free Acid (H₃P O₄) In Commercial Mono-Calcium Phosphate (Ca H₄ (Po₄), George William Harris, Harry Adam Grine

Bachelors Theses

"The object of this thesis has been a systematic research based on the characteristic properties and reactions of mono-calcium phosphate, Ca H₄ (PO₄)₂, tending towards the development of a process for neutralizing the free phosphoric acid, H₃PO₄ formed during its manufacture"--page 1.

The Determination Of Sulphuric Acid In The Presence Of Iron, Louis George Karl. Clarner Jr.

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

This essay attempts to determine the best way to detect sulfuric acid in the presence of iron by investigating the already existing methods and reviewing other chemists’ procedures.

The Systhesis Of Camphor From Pinene, Edwin W. Newbury

Bachelors’ Theses

The increasing demand for camphor for use in the manufacture of cellulose plastics has led to a great amount of investigation of the nature of this valuable substance and as to its synthesis from materials which are readily obtainable without the necessity for sending overseas for them. At present most of the camphor used in the manufacture of celluloid and allied compounds is imported from Japan or Borneo, where it is obtained, in a rather crude and wasteful fashion, from a species of laurel. Some scientifically operated camphor plantations have been started in the United States.. In one such plantation …

The Determination Of Aluminium, Victor Hugo Gottschalk

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Abnormal Vapor Densities, Minnie Elizabeth Rice

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

This essay questions Italian chemist Avogadro’s hypothesis about vapor densities, ultimately coming to the conclusion that Avogadro’s law is open to objection.

Acetylene Gas; Its Preparation And Value As An Illuminant, Alfred W. Bosworth

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

This essay briefly discusses the history of Acetylene gas and delves further into its production, uses and value.

Combustion Analysis; Estimation Of Carbon & Hydrogen, Clifford Brewster Morrison

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

Documents the methods of composition analysis by Antoine Lavoisier the 18th century and the adoption and refinement of this method by Theodore V. Saussure and others in the 19th century to combustion analysis. Includes plates of measurement equipment used.

Assay Of Copper Matte For Gold And Silver, Walter E. Soest

Bachelors Theses

"Ores containing copper, and especially copper matte, have always been very annoying in assaying for the precious metals. In assaying copper matte, and ores containing much copper, by the usual method of scorification, the losses of silver an gold are considerable, owing to the fact that in order to obtain lead buttons, which are soft and free from copper, repeated scorifications are necessary, and moreover it is impossible to obtain lead buttons which are entirely free from copper"--page 1.

Action Of Caustic Hydroxides Upon Aluminum, Herbert Fordyce. Rogers

Bachelors Theses

No abstract provided.

Studies In Tellurium, Victor Hugo Gottschalk

Bachelors Theses

No abstract provided.

Bulletin No. 48 - Alfalfa Or Lucern: Its Chemical Life History, John A. Widtsoe

UAES Bulletins

No abstract provided.

Some Contributions Of Pure Math To Science, Herbert B.E. Case

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

An examination of the connection between math and science through discoveries in the subjects of astronomy, mechanics, physics and chemistry.

Iron And Its Value, Archie F. Grunnell

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

Argument for iron being the most important metal by reviewing its history and general uses.

Petroleum, Charles F. Kenyon

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

Explores the strengths and weaknesses of origin theories of petroleum while also discussing the chemistry and process of producing oil in the United States.

White Lead, Evans Walker Buskett

Bachelors Theses

No abstract provided.

Producer Gas, Edward P. Dwyer

Bachelors Theses

"Producer gas, so named owing to being produced in special forms of apparatus known as Producers. The fuel is decomposed into combustible gases, whereby most of the C is burnt to CO, whilst the H either remains free, or is converted into carburretted Hydrogen. Directly above the grate carbonic anhydride is formed but thus is rapidly converted into carbonic oxide; reaction as follows: CO₂ + C = 2CO.

Amongst these heavy carburetted hydrogen (C₂H₄) is that which principally increases the value of the gas as fuel and the drier the fuel used the more of the gas is produced. A …

The Alcohols, Charles E. Baker

Manuscript Thesis Collection

A study of Alcohols and the human body's reactions to them.

Student Chemistry Notebook, Jack Thorington, Joseph S. Winter

Winter Letterbooks

Jack Thorington's Student Chemistry Notebook dated 1892.

Contributions From The Chemical Laboratory Of The University Of Minnesota, W. C. Smith, P. Christianson, J. A. Dodge, C. F. Sidener

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Analyses Of Water Used In A Boiler Employed For Heating In A Public Building In St. Peter, Minn., J. A. Dodge

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

On The Oxidation Of Benzene Derivatives With Potassium Ferri-Cyanide And Caustic Potash, W. A. Noyes

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Joseph Priestley, James A. Dodge

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Selected Pages From Chemical Atlas ; Or, The Chemistry Of Familiar Objects; Exhibiting The General Principles Of The Science In A Series Of Beautifully Colored Diagrams, And Accompanied By Explanatory Essays, Embracing The Latest Views Of The Subjects Illustrated. Designed For The Use Of Students And Pupils In All Schools Where Chemistry Is Taught, By Edward L. Youmans..., Edward Livingston Youmans

Selections from Special Collections

106 p. : col. pl. ; 30 cm.

Some of the pages in this document were selected as part of a class project for Professor Garth Bond’s History of the Book seminar, Spring 2012. The abstract was prepared by Tara Arnold.