3. On the Solubility of Fluoride of Calcium in Water, and the relation of this property to the occurrence of that Substance in Minerals, and in recent and Fossil Plants and Animals.
After a preliminary reference to the existence of fluorine in recent and fossil bones, Dr Wilson stated that he had made a series of experiments with a view to discover what solvent carried fluoride of calcium into the tissues of plants and animals. His first trials were made with carbonic acid, whi...
| Published in: | Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1851
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0370164600035707 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0370164600035707 |
| Summary: | After a preliminary reference to the existence of fluorine in recent and fossil bones, Dr Wilson stated that he had made a series of experiments with a view to discover what solvent carried fluoride of calcium into the tissues of plants and animals. His first trials were made with carbonic acid, which was passed in a current through water containing pure fluor-spar in fine powder suspended in it. The fluor was by this treatment dissolved, yielding a solution which precipitated oxalate of ammonia, and when evaporated left a residue which, on being heated with sulphuric acid, gave off hydrofluoric acid. |
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