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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... observed ; but as , in the usual processes by which it is obtained , it is al- ways alloyed with iron , it was concluded , with probability , that the magnetism it exhibited was owing to the presence of that metal . Since methods ...
... observed ; but as , in the usual processes by which it is obtained , it is al- ways alloyed with iron , it was concluded , with probability , that the magnetism it exhibited was owing to the presence of that metal . Since methods ...
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... observed when speaking of aqua fortis . The alumine will effect this , even after it has been made into pottery . The uses of nitre are various . Beside those already indicated , it enters into the composition of fluxes , and is ...
... observed when speaking of aqua fortis . The alumine will effect this , even after it has been made into pottery . The uses of nitre are various . Beside those already indicated , it enters into the composition of fluxes , and is ...
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... observed , that there is no such thing , pro- perly speaking , as nitrous acid , or the nitric base acidified with a minimum dose of oxygen ; but that the nitric acid is capable of absorbing various portions of nitric oxide , with which ...
... observed , that there is no such thing , pro- perly speaking , as nitrous acid , or the nitric base acidified with a minimum dose of oxygen ; but that the nitric acid is capable of absorbing various portions of nitric oxide , with which ...
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... observed . " To use the Nocturnal , " turn the up- per plate till the long tooth , marked twelve , be against the day of the month on the under plate : then , bringing the instrument near the eye , suspend it by the handle , with the ...
... observed . " To use the Nocturnal , " turn the up- per plate till the long tooth , marked twelve , be against the day of the month on the under plate : then , bringing the instrument near the eye , suspend it by the handle , with the ...
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... observations concerning the natural history of the country . In the year 1744 , he had the honour of being called to Ver . sailles , to give lessons in natural philoso- phy to the Dauphin , at which the King and royal family were ...
... observations concerning the natural history of the country . In the year 1744 , he had the honour of being called to Ver . sailles , to give lessons in natural philoso- phy to the Dauphin , at which the King and royal family were ...
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