A portable cyclopędia; or, Compendious dictionary of arts and sciences1810 |
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... heat it becomes fluid ; and by an increase to above 212 degrees it becomes an elastic fluid . Hence it is inferred that heat or caloric is the only permanent natural fluid , and the cause of fluidity in other substances . It has been ...
... heat it becomes fluid ; and by an increase to above 212 degrees it becomes an elastic fluid . Hence it is inferred that heat or caloric is the only permanent natural fluid , and the cause of fluidity in other substances . It has been ...
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... heat to volatilize them ; the last is termed volatle alkali , from its being soon dissipated by heat . Alkalies readily com- bine with sulphur , forming compounds which absorb the oxygen from the atmo- sphere , and when moist give out a ...
... heat to volatilize them ; the last is termed volatle alkali , from its being soon dissipated by heat . Alkalies readily com- bine with sulphur , forming compounds which absorb the oxygen from the atmo- sphere , and when moist give out a ...
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... heat , and is employed in this state in the composition of some varnishes . There is some doubt whether amber is an original fossil or produced from vegetable matter , but though it is found at great depths , on examination it bears ...
... heat , and is employed in this state in the composition of some varnishes . There is some doubt whether amber is an original fossil or produced from vegetable matter , but though it is found at great depths , on examination it bears ...
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... heat of the kitchen . Besides double external doors for the exclusion of cold winds , double windows should be used for winter apartments . Windows ought to be made perpendicu larly above one another , and not too near the angles of a ...
... heat of the kitchen . Besides double external doors for the exclusion of cold winds , double windows should be used for winter apartments . Windows ought to be made perpendicu larly above one another , and not too near the angles of a ...
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... heat ; and is therefore in chemical language said to be exceedingly fixed . After being exposed to the utmost heat of Mr. Parker's burning glass it did not lose any perceptible weight . The reality of the oxidizement of gold by ...
... heat ; and is therefore in chemical language said to be exceedingly fixed . After being exposed to the utmost heat of Mr. Parker's burning glass it did not lose any perceptible weight . The reality of the oxidizement of gold by ...
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