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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... Mucilage and extract Lime and saline matter See TANNIN . - 130 31 12 12 185 NUTATION , in astronomy , a kind of tremulous motion of the axis of the earth , whereby , in each annual revolution , it is twice inclined to the ecliptic , and ...
... Mucilage and extract Lime and saline matter See TANNIN . - 130 31 12 12 185 NUTATION , in astronomy , a kind of tremulous motion of the axis of the earth , whereby , in each annual revolution , it is twice inclined to the ecliptic , and ...
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... mucilage , so that when such seeds are bruised and mixed with water , they form what is called an emulsion , which is a white fluid , containing a quantity of the oil of the seed mixed with the mucilage . Fixed oils are extracted from ...
... mucilage , so that when such seeds are bruised and mixed with water , they form what is called an emulsion , which is a white fluid , containing a quantity of the oil of the seed mixed with the mucilage . Fixed oils are extracted from ...
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... mucilage , or other matters with which it is com- bined . For this purpose heat is applied , either to the apparatus which is employ- ed in pressing out the oil , or the bruised seeds are exposed to the vapour of water , and sometimes ...
... mucilage , or other matters with which it is com- bined . For this purpose heat is applied , either to the apparatus which is employ- ed in pressing out the oil , or the bruised seeds are exposed to the vapour of water , and sometimes ...
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... mucilage , alco- hol , animal jelly , & c . Take sugar as an example : one ounce in powder is put into a retort , with three ounces of strong nitric acid . During the solution , great quantities of the nitrous acid escape heat is to be ...
... mucilage , alco- hol , animal jelly , & c . Take sugar as an example : one ounce in powder is put into a retort , with three ounces of strong nitric acid . During the solution , great quantities of the nitrous acid escape heat is to be ...
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... mucilage of tragacanth , or of starch , and then dried , before they can be pow- dered . Camphor may be conveniently powdered by the addition of a little spirit of wine , or almond oil . The emulsive seeds cannot be reduced to powder un ...
... mucilage of tragacanth , or of starch , and then dried , before they can be pow- dered . Camphor may be conveniently powdered by the addition of a little spirit of wine , or almond oil . The emulsive seeds cannot be reduced to powder un ...
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