combining weight
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If we divide the combining weight of any of the substances by the constant 28.87, then the quotient will be the specific gravity of the gas or vapor therefrom, as compared with air.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 by Various
Twitchell suggests 346 as the combining weight of rosin, but 330 is a closer approximation.
From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by Simmons, W. H.
The atomic weight of an element is its least combining weight, the smallest portion that enters into chemical union, which is, of course, the weight of an atom.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips
If we divide the combining weight of any of the substances given in the table by 2, then the quotient will give the density of the same, as compared with hydrogen.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 by Various
By reasoning further in the same way, we come to the conclusion that only such compounds are possible which contain elements according to certain ratio-numbers, i.e. their combining weight.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
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