Chemistry

Experiments upon magnesia alba, Quicklime, and some other Alcaline Substances

Black, Joseph, 1728-1799· 2 chapters· 13,426 words

Hoffman, in one of his observations, gives the history of a powder called _magnesia alba_, which had long been used and esteemed as a mild and tasteless purgative; but the method of preparing it was not generally known before he made it public.[2]

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2. PART II.

In reflecting afterwards upon these experiments, an explication of the nature of lime offered itself, which seemed to account, in an easy manner, for most of the properties of t...

1. PART I.

Hoffman, in one of his observations, gives the history of a powder called _magnesia alba_, which had long been used and esteemed as a mild and tasteless purgative; but the metho...