Excerpt from Outlines of Inorganic Chemistry Withdrawal of Oxygen from Air by Hydrogen and by other Substances. Preparation of Oxygen by heating Mercury Oxide. Properties of Oxygen. Preparation of Oxygen by heating Potassium Chlorate and Manganese Dioxide. Burning of Charcoal, Sulphur, Phosphorus, in Oxygen. Burning of Steel in Oxygen. Burning of Hydrogen in Oxygen. Oxyhydrogen Blowpipe. Calcium Light. Explosion of Mixtures of Hydrogen and Oxy gen. Oxides. Oxidation and Oxidizers. Reduction and Reducers. Re duction of copper Oxide by Hydrogen, and Oxidation of Copper by Air. Reduction of Iron Oxide by Hydrogen, and Oxidation of Iron by Air. 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.