The colours previously available for English table-glass were ruby, canary-yellow, emerald-green, dark peacock-green, light peacock-blue, dark purple-blue and a dark purple.
It is a canary-yellow powder, which becomes a dark orange on heating; the original colour is regained on cooling.
By passing the products of the decomposition of calcium phosphide with water over granular calcium chloride, the P 2 H 4 gives a new hydride, P1.2H6 and phosphine, the former being an odourless, canary-yellow, amorphous powder.
James attended Christ's Hospital boarding school - complete with a uniform that consisted of knee-length canary-yellow socks and frock coats!
James attended Christ 's Hospital boarding school - complete with a uniform that consisted of knee-length canary-yellow socks and frock coats !
