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Published: 2016-09-09
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Excerpt from A Textbook on Mechanical Drawing: Elementary Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Applied Mechanics, Machine Design Atoms unite to form molecules, and a collection of mole cules form a mass or body. A drop of water may be divided and subdivided, until each particle is so small that it can only be seen by the most powerful microscope, but each particle will still be water. Now, imagine the division to be carried on still farther until a limit is reached beyond which it is impossible to go without changing the nature Of the particle. The particle of water is now SO small that, if it be divided again, it will cease to be water, and will be something else; we call this particle a molecule. If a molecule of water be divided, it will yield two atoms of hydrogen gas, and one of oxygen gas. If a molecule Of Sulphuric acid be divided, it will yield two atoms of hydro gen, one of sulphur, and four of oxygen. 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.