The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... alumina , though it is not merely a combination of alumina with the sulphuric acid . It possesses the following characters : 1. It has a sweetish astringent taste . 2. It is soluble in warm water , and the solution reddens vegetable ...
... alumina , though it is not merely a combination of alumina with the sulphuric acid . It possesses the following characters : 1. It has a sweetish astringent taste . 2. It is soluble in warm water , and the solution reddens vegetable ...
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... alumina is another ingredient . But sulphuric acid and alumina are incapable of forming alum , Manufacturers knew that the addition of a quantity of potash or of ammo- nia , or of some substance containing these al kalies , is almost ...
... alumina is another ingredient . But sulphuric acid and alumina are incapable of forming alum , Manufacturers knew that the addition of a quantity of potash or of ammo- nia , or of some substance containing these al kalies , is almost ...
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... alumina and the oxyde of iron is precipitated . The fluid is then run into a settler , where it remains until clear , after which it is pumped into a second boiler , and evaporated up to 26 pennyweights , let into the coolers , and left ...
... alumina and the oxyde of iron is precipitated . The fluid is then run into a settler , where it remains until clear , after which it is pumped into a second boiler , and evaporated up to 26 pennyweights , let into the coolers , and left ...
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... alumina , but of a fine white clay . Alumina is scarcely soluble in water ; but may be diffused through that liquid with great facility . Its affinity for water , however , is very consider- able . In its usual state it is combined with ...
... alumina , but of a fine white clay . Alumina is scarcely soluble in water ; but may be diffused through that liquid with great facility . Its affinity for water , however , is very consider- able . In its usual state it is combined with ...
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... Alumina ....... 0.25 Oxyd of iron ......... 0.50 and a Trace of mangenese-- 98.25 It is found abundantly in different parts of Saxony : also in the Hartz , in the Uralian mountains , and in the East Indies . The most beautiful varieties ...
... Alumina ....... 0.25 Oxyd of iron ......... 0.50 and a Trace of mangenese-- 98.25 It is found abundantly in different parts of Saxony : also in the Hartz , in the Uralian mountains , and in the East Indies . The most beautiful varieties ...
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