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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... boiled , so that the arsenic present receiving oxygen from the acid may be converted into arsenic acid ; a so- lution of nitrate of lead is then dropped in , and the liquor evaporated by a very gentle heat , but not quite to dryness ...
... boiled , so that the arsenic present receiving oxygen from the acid may be converted into arsenic acid ; a so- lution of nitrate of lead is then dropped in , and the liquor evaporated by a very gentle heat , but not quite to dryness ...
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... boiling water . When exposed to a strong heat it melts , and congeals by cooling into an opaque mass , which has been called mineral crys- tal . Whenever it melts , it begins to dis- engage oxygen ; and , by keeping it in a red heat ...
... boiling water . When exposed to a strong heat it melts , and congeals by cooling into an opaque mass , which has been called mineral crys- tal . Whenever it melts , it begins to dis- engage oxygen ; and , by keeping it in a red heat ...
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... boiling it with sulphur it is decomposed , and its oxygen , uniting with the sulphur , forms sulphuric acid . Chemists in general agree , that it acts very powerfully on almost all the metals : But Baume has asserted , that it will not ...
... boiling it with sulphur it is decomposed , and its oxygen , uniting with the sulphur , forms sulphuric acid . Chemists in general agree , that it acts very powerfully on almost all the metals : But Baume has asserted , that it will not ...
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... boiling water . It is said to exist in some mineral waters . : The nitrate of potash , is the salt well known by the name of nitre , or salt- petre . It is found ready formed in the East Indies , in Spain , in the kingdom of Naples ...
... boiling water . It is said to exist in some mineral waters . : The nitrate of potash , is the salt well known by the name of nitre , or salt- petre . It is found ready formed in the East Indies , in Spain , in the kingdom of Naples ...
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... Boiling water dissolves nearly twice as much as cold . Applied to the wick of a candle , or add- ed to burning ... boiled down to a syrupy consistence , and exposed in NITRIC ACID .
... Boiling water dissolves nearly twice as much as cold . Applied to the wick of a candle , or add- ed to burning ... boiled down to a syrupy consistence , and exposed in NITRIC ACID .
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