combining weight
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If we divide this constant 377.07 by the combining weight of any of the substances, then the quotient will be the number of cubic feet per pound of the same.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 by Various
The number 75 is spoken of as the "combining weight," or, more frequently, as the "atomic weight" of arsenic.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer
If any compound of O should in future be found in which its combining weight is 8 or 4, that would be called its atomic weight.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Rufus Phillips Williams
There is the elimination of caloric, when, in substances chemically combining, weight is gained and bulk is lost.
From Theory of Circulation by Respiration Synopsis of its Principles and History by Emma Willard
The least combining weight of an element is its atomic weight; and it is this fact of a least combining weight that leads us to believe the atom to be indivisible.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Rufus Phillips Williams
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