British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... alcohol , in every pro- portion . These compounds are named ethers ; the specific name of each being derived from the acid , from the action of which on alcohol it has originated , as the sulphuric , nitric , muriatic , or acetic ether ...
... alcohol , in every pro- portion . These compounds are named ethers ; the specific name of each being derived from the acid , from the action of which on alcohol it has originated , as the sulphuric , nitric , muriatic , or acetic ether ...
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... alcohol , which usually passes over in the first stage of the dis- tillation . This is best abstracted by agi- tation with water , which imbibes the alcohol , and a little of the ether ; the greater part of the ether floats above , may ...
... alcohol , which usually passes over in the first stage of the dis- tillation . This is best abstracted by agi- tation with water , which imbibes the alcohol , and a little of the ether ; the greater part of the ether floats above , may ...
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... alcohol . There are also some facts which ap- pear to prove the necessity of the pre- sence of some substance that can part with its oxygen , for the production of ether . Thus , ether cannot be formed from the muriatic acid , but it ...
... alcohol . There are also some facts which ap- pear to prove the necessity of the pre- sence of some substance that can part with its oxygen , for the production of ether . Thus , ether cannot be formed from the muriatic acid , but it ...
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... alcohol . It is soluble in alcohol in every proportion . Sulphuric ether exerts no sensible ac- tion on the fixed alkalies or earths . It unites with ammonia by distillation . Neither does it act on the metals ; but it is capable of ...
... alcohol . It is soluble in alcohol in every proportion . Sulphuric ether exerts no sensible ac- tion on the fixed alkalies or earths . It unites with ammonia by distillation . Neither does it act on the metals ; but it is capable of ...
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... alcohol at the one surface , the acid at the other , and thus brought them very gradually together , so as to admit of their reciprocal action without violence . At the end of a few months they were completely mixed , and nitric ether ...
... alcohol at the one surface , the acid at the other , and thus brought them very gradually together , so as to admit of their reciprocal action without violence . At the end of a few months they were completely mixed , and nitric ether ...
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