American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... becomes of considerable strength . It is then carried to the boiler , and contains nitre and other salts ; the chief of which is common culinary salt , and sometimes muriate of magnesia . It is the property of nitre to be much more ...
... becomes of considerable strength . It is then carried to the boiler , and contains nitre and other salts ; the chief of which is common culinary salt , and sometimes muriate of magnesia . It is the property of nitre to be much more ...
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... becomes soft like honey , and on cooling concretes into a stony mass . Exposed to the air it deliquesces . NITRITES . Though these salts are composed of nitrous acid and certain bases , yet the only way of obtaining them is by exposing ...
... becomes soft like honey , and on cooling concretes into a stony mass . Exposed to the air it deliquesces . NITRITES . Though these salts are composed of nitrous acid and certain bases , yet the only way of obtaining them is by exposing ...
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... become his ruling passion ; he was , therefore , enabled to check himself in a pursuit , which was likely to interfere with the studies more appropriate to his destined character , and gave himself up entirely to the study of scholastic ...
... become his ruling passion ; he was , therefore , enabled to check himself in a pursuit , which was likely to interfere with the studies more appropriate to his destined character , and gave himself up entirely to the study of scholastic ...
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... becomes firmly glued to the hair : this is repeated by various flies , till four or five hundred eggs are sometimes placed on one horse . The horses , when they become used to this fly , and find that it does them no in- jury , as the ...
... becomes firmly glued to the hair : this is repeated by various flies , till four or five hundred eggs are sometimes placed on one horse . The horses , when they become used to this fly , and find that it does them no in- jury , as the ...
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... become solid , such as olive oil , are least subject to change ; while those which congeal with difficulty have a greater tendency to spoil and become rancid . When fixed oil is exposed to heat it does not evaporate , till it is raised ...
... become solid , such as olive oil , are least subject to change ; while those which congeal with difficulty have a greater tendency to spoil and become rancid . When fixed oil is exposed to heat it does not evaporate , till it is raised ...
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