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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... tube , G , comes from this pipe , through the end of the chest , and is cut into a screw , to fit on the suction hose , when it can be used ; at other times a close cap is screw- ed on , and another brass cap at H , within the chest ...
... tube , G , comes from this pipe , through the end of the chest , and is cut into a screw , to fit on the suction hose , when it can be used ; at other times a close cap is screw- ed on , and another brass cap at H , within the chest ...
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... tube , or placed at the end of a pro- In some insects the mouth is elongated jection of the head , and is then either a lingua , proboscis , haustellum , rostellum , or rostrum . Lingua , tongue , soft , flexible , tubular , involuted ...
... tube , or placed at the end of a pro- In some insects the mouth is elongated jection of the head , and is then either a lingua , proboscis , haustellum , rostellum , or rostrum . Lingua , tongue , soft , flexible , tubular , involuted ...
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... tube ; but when a glass tube is used , a different variety of carburetted hydrogen is ob- tained . At this stage of the process the liquor becomes so loaded with carbon , and at the same time is capable of bearing so high a temperature ...
... tube ; but when a glass tube is used , a different variety of carburetted hydrogen is ob- tained . At this stage of the process the liquor becomes so loaded with carbon , and at the same time is capable of bearing so high a temperature ...
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... tube may be easily frozen , by ether eva- porating from a piece of muslin wrapt round the external surface of the tube ; and Dr. Higgins has observed , that in the rapid evaporation of ether , the tempera- ture in frosty weather falls ...
... tube may be easily frozen , by ether eva- porating from a piece of muslin wrapt round the external surface of the tube ; and Dr. Higgins has observed , that in the rapid evaporation of ether , the tempera- ture in frosty weather falls ...
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... tube , and inflamed by the electric spark , the diminution of volume indicating the quantity of oxygen ; 100 measures of oxy- gen require rather less than 200 measures of hydrogen for saturation ; about 40 mea- sures of hydrogen are ...
... tube , and inflamed by the electric spark , the diminution of volume indicating the quantity of oxygen ; 100 measures of oxy- gen require rather less than 200 measures of hydrogen for saturation ; about 40 mea- sures of hydrogen are ...
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