"Methylic" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... discovered in 1840 by Messrs. Dumas and Peligot, who obtained it by treating methylic alcohol with a mixture of sea salt and sulphuric acid. It is a gaseous product at ordinary temperature, but when compressed and cooled, easily liquefies and produces a colorless, neutral liquid which enters into ebullition at 237.7 deg. above ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 • Various |
