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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... gives vapours with a strong arsenical odour , and melts with difficulty . It dissolves in acids , giving a green solution . Bergman found it to be composed of nickel , iron , cobalt , arsenic , and sulphur . Vauquelin regards it as es ...
... gives vapours with a strong arsenical odour , and melts with difficulty . It dissolves in acids , giving a green solution . Bergman found it to be composed of nickel , iron , cobalt , arsenic , and sulphur . Vauquelin regards it as es ...
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... give judgment for the party for whom the verdict is found . All trials at law , in the civil courts , and at the assizes , are tried by this process , and are called trials at Nisi Prius . NISSOLIA , in botany , so named in ho- nour of ...
... give judgment for the party for whom the verdict is found . All trials at law , in the civil courts , and at the assizes , are tried by this process , and are called trials at Nisi Prius . NISSOLIA , in botany , so named in ho- nour of ...
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... gives a red hue ; it is an ingredient in some frigorific mix- tures ; and it is prescribed in medicine , as cooling , febrifuge , and diuretic , and some have recommended it , mixed with vinegar , as a very powerful remedy for the sea ...
... gives a red hue ; it is an ingredient in some frigorific mix- tures ; and it is prescribed in medicine , as cooling , febrifuge , and diuretic , and some have recommended it , mixed with vinegar , as a very powerful remedy for the sea ...
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... gives it out in the ordinary state of the air , on mixing with which it assumes the appearance of a very red vapour ... give their ver- dict upon their honour , without being put to their oath . In their absence they are allowed a proxy ...
... gives it out in the ordinary state of the air , on mixing with which it assumes the appearance of a very red vapour ... give their ver- dict upon their honour , without being put to their oath . In their absence they are allowed a proxy ...
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... give lessons in natural philoso- phy to the Dauphin , at which the King and royal family were frequently present . By the excellence and amiableness of his personal character , as well as by his sci- entific talents , he recommended ...
... give lessons in natural philoso- phy to the Dauphin , at which the King and royal family were frequently present . By the excellence and amiableness of his personal character , as well as by his sci- entific talents , he recommended ...
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