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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... less water . The specific gravity of nitre , as ascertained by Dr. Watson , is 1.9 . Its taste is sharp , bitterish , and cooling . It is very brittle . It is soluble in seven times its weight of water , at the temperature of 60 ° ; and ...
... less water . The specific gravity of nitre , as ascertained by Dr. Watson , is 1.9 . Its taste is sharp , bitterish , and cooling . It is very brittle . It is soluble in seven times its weight of water , at the temperature of 60 ° ; and ...
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... less nitrous gas , it is not , in fact , nitric acid , but a kind of nitrous : it is therefore necessary to put it into a retort , to which a receiver is added , the two vessels not being luted , but merely joined by paper ; and to ...
... less nitrous gas , it is not , in fact , nitric acid , but a kind of nitrous : it is therefore necessary to put it into a retort , to which a receiver is added , the two vessels not being luted , but merely joined by paper ; and to ...
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... less , ac- cording to the management of the opera- tion , in which the action of a regular current of fresh air is of the greatest importance , nitre is found in the mass . If the beds contained much vegetable matter , a considerable ...
... less , ac- cording to the management of the opera- tion , in which the action of a regular current of fresh air is of the greatest importance , nitre is found in the mass . If the beds contained much vegetable matter , a considerable ...
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... less than its weight of alcohol . By evaporating the aqueous so- lution to dryness , continuing the heat till the nitrate fuses , keeping it in this state five or ten minutes , and then pouring it into an iron pot previously heated , we ...
... less than its weight of alcohol . By evaporating the aqueous so- lution to dryness , continuing the heat till the nitrate fuses , keeping it in this state five or ten minutes , and then pouring it into an iron pot previously heated , we ...
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... less apparent that the discoveries made by algebra are wholly to be imputed to that symbolical lan- guage made use of in it ; for by this means we are enabled to represent things in the form of equations ; and by vari- ously proceeding ...
... less apparent that the discoveries made by algebra are wholly to be imputed to that symbolical lan- guage made use of in it ; for by this means we are enabled to represent things in the form of equations ; and by vari- ously proceeding ...
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