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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... nitric acid , the solution being 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 ...
... nitric acid , the solution being 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 ...
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... nitric acid , and alkalies , earths , & c . They possess the following proper- ties soluble in water , and capable of crystallizing by cooling ; when heated to redness with combustible bodies , a vio- lent combustion and detonation is ...
... nitric acid , and alkalies , earths , & c . They possess the following proper- ties soluble in water , and capable of crystallizing by cooling ; when heated to redness with combustible bodies , a vio- lent combustion and detonation is ...
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... nitric acid is formed . This seems to explain the origin of the acid in these beds . The azote , disen- gaged from these putrefying animal sub- stances , combines with the oxygen of the air . The potash is probably furnished , partly at ...
... nitric acid is formed . This seems to explain the origin of the acid in these beds . The azote , disen- gaged from these putrefying animal sub- stances , combines with the oxygen of the air . The potash is probably furnished , partly at ...
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... acid ; also GUNPOWDER . NITRIC acid . The two principal con- stituent parts of our atmosphere , when in certain proportions , are capable , under particular circumstances , of combining chemically , into one of the most powerful acids , the ...
... acid ; also GUNPOWDER . NITRIC acid . The two principal con- stituent parts of our atmosphere , when in certain proportions , are capable , under particular circumstances , of combining chemically , into one of the most powerful acids , the ...
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... acid still holds in solution more or 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 ... NITRIC ACID .
... acid still holds in solution more or 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 ... NITRIC ACID .
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