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L. Gagnore cookbook, 1930-1940
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Nitrogen is an invisible, incombustible gas. It does not readily combine with other elements and the compounds into which it enters break up easily. It is found in vegetable and animal tissues. Forms 4/5 of the air. Hydrogen. An invisible gas. Unites with oxygen to form water. It forms 1/9 of the weight of water. Carbon exists as an element in two forms, graphite and the diamond. It is most common in the form of charcoal. Of all elements no other enters into so many compounds as carbon. It is contained in all organic substances.
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Nitrogen is an invisible, incombustible gas. It does not readily combine with other elements and the compounds into which it enters break up easily. It is found in vegetable and animal tissues. Forms 4/5 of the air. Hydrogen. An invisible gas. Unites with oxygen to form water. It forms 1/9 of the weight of water. Carbon exists as an element in two forms, graphite and the diamond. It is most common in the form of charcoal. Of all elements no other enters into so many compounds as carbon. It is contained in all organic substances.
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