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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... fluid is cooled , from time to time , that its con- centration may be known by the nitre which chrystallizes in it . When the fluid is sufficiently evaporated , it is taken out and cooled , and great part of the nitre separates in ...
... fluid is cooled , from time to time , that its con- centration may be known by the nitre which chrystallizes in it . When the fluid is sufficiently evaporated , it is taken out and cooled , and great part of the nitre separates in ...
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... fluid , containing a quantity of the oil of the seed mixed with the mucilage . Fixed oils are extracted from the seeds of a great number of plants . Those which yield it in greatest abundance are , the olive , thence called olive oil ...
... fluid , containing a quantity of the oil of the seed mixed with the mucilage . Fixed oils are extracted from the seeds of a great number of plants . Those which yield it in greatest abundance are , the olive , thence called olive oil ...
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... fluid are separated from the oil . Some- times they are gently heated , for a short- er or longer time , according to the na- ture of the substances with which the oil is contaminated . Acids diluted with wa- ter are employed to ...
... fluid are separated from the oil . Some- times they are gently heated , for a short- er or longer time , according to the na- ture of the substances with which the oil is contaminated . Acids diluted with wa- ter are employed to ...
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... fluid state , it may be separated by mechanical means . Thus , by simple expression , the volatile oils are extracted from many plants , as , for instance , from the fruit of the orange and the lemon . From the outer rind of these ...
... fluid state , it may be separated by mechanical means . Thus , by simple expression , the volatile oils are extracted from many plants , as , for instance , from the fruit of the orange and the lemon . From the outer rind of these ...
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... fluid boil , when a great quantity of vapour of water , mixed with the vola- tile oil , passes over , and is received in proper vessels . The oil collects on the surface of the water , from which it may be easily separated . The water ...
... fluid boil , when a great quantity of vapour of water , mixed with the vola- tile oil , passes over , and is received in proper vessels . The oil collects on the surface of the water , from which it may be easily separated . The water ...
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