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 12Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... muriatic acid extracts the gold from it . SYMPHONIA , in botany , a genus of the Monodelphia Pentandria class and or- der . Essential character : one styled ; corolla globular ; berry five - celled . There is only one species , viz . S ...
... muriatic acid extracts the gold from it . SYMPHONIA , in botany , a genus of the Monodelphia Pentandria class and or- der . Essential character : one styled ; corolla globular ; berry five - celled . There is only one species , viz . S ...
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... muriatic acid , so that it has been de- prived of its oxygen . The mucus of the nose consists of the same substances as the tears ; but being more exposed to the air , it acquires a greater degree of vis- cidity from the mucilage ...
... muriatic acid , so that it has been de- prived of its oxygen . The mucus of the nose consists of the same substances as the tears ; but being more exposed to the air , it acquires a greater degree of vis- cidity from the mucilage ...
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... muriatic acid , and , by dilute nitric acid , is rapidly converted in- to a white oxide . Tin has been known from the earliest ages . It was much em- ployed by the Egyptians in the arts , and by the Greeks as an alloy with other me ...
... muriatic acid , and , by dilute nitric acid , is rapidly converted in- to a white oxide . Tin has been known from the earliest ages . It was much em- ployed by the Egyptians in the arts , and by the Greeks as an alloy with other me ...
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... muriatic acid , from which it may be precipitated by a tincture of galls . This metal was discovered in 1793 , by Klaproth . He obtained it from a mineral called red schorl . In this mineral he found the oxide of a metal different from ...
... muriatic acid , from which it may be precipitated by a tincture of galls . This metal was discovered in 1793 , by Klaproth . He obtained it from a mineral called red schorl . In this mineral he found the oxide of a metal different from ...
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... muriatic acid , it leaves a yellow residue , which is the oxide of tungsten . The mineral contains , accord- ing to Scheele , 3 Yellow oxide of tungsten . 65 Lime Silica 31 4 100 This specimen was obtained in Sweden ; a specimen from ...
... muriatic acid , it leaves a yellow residue , which is the oxide of tungsten . The mineral contains , accord- ing to Scheele , 3 Yellow oxide of tungsten . 65 Lime Silica 31 4 100 This specimen was obtained in Sweden ; a specimen from ...
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