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Excerpt from The Decomposition of the Fixed Alkalies and Alkaline Earths
The second paper above mentioned is, for the most part, a description of similar experiments carried out upon the earths and alkaline earths. At first Davy had some difficulty in getting satisfactory results with these, but ultimately he succeeded in preparing moderate quantities of amalgams alkaline-earth metals and of magnesium. Only t it section of the paper which describes these successful experiments is now reprinted.
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