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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... specific gravity is 8.279 , and when forged 8.666 . The species of nickel ores are , its alloy with arsenic , and a little sulphur and its oxide . The first is the most abundant , and the one from which nickel is usually extract- ed ...
... specific gravity is 8.279 , and when forged 8.666 . The species of nickel ores are , its alloy with arsenic , and a little sulphur and its oxide . The first is the most abundant , and the one from which nickel is usually extract- ed ...
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... specific gravity 4.5 . It is not attract- ed by the magnet ; it is infusible per se , but with borax it melts with a transparent hyacinth red globule ; it yields its mena- chine to acid of sugar . This species is found in Transylvania ...
... specific gravity 4.5 . It is not attract- ed by the magnet ; it is infusible per se , but with borax it melts with a transparent hyacinth red globule ; it yields its mena- chine to acid of sugar . This species is found in Transylvania ...
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... 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 in rather less ...
... 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 in rather less ...
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... specific gravity of 1.5 , or a little more , and co- lourless . It boils at 248 ° , and may be dis- tilled without any essential alteration . Exposed to the air , it absorbs moisture . If two parts be suddenly diluted with one of water ...
... specific gravity of 1.5 , or a little more , and co- lourless . It boils at 248 ° , and may be dis- tilled without any essential alteration . Exposed to the air , it absorbs moisture . If two parts be suddenly diluted with one of water ...
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... specific gravity is about 2.4 : it melts into an opaque , grey mass . Specimens have been analys- ed , and found to contain Silica Alumina Oxide of iron 9 • 69 22 74 2 14 100 90 Loss 10 100 It is , on account of its great hardness and ...
... specific gravity is about 2.4 : it melts into an opaque , grey mass . Specimens have been analys- ed , and found to contain Silica Alumina Oxide of iron 9 • 69 22 74 2 14 100 90 Loss 10 100 It is , on account of its great hardness and ...
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