The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 5 |
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... considerable use in the arts . It is employed for etching on copper ; as a solvent of tin to form with that metal a mordant for some of the finest dyes ; in metallurgy and assaying ; in va- rious chemical processes , on account of the ...
... considerable use in the arts . It is employed for etching on copper ; as a solvent of tin to form with that metal a mordant for some of the finest dyes ; in metallurgy and assaying ; in va- rious chemical processes , on account of the ...
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... considerable quantities ; but nitrate of lime is still more abundant . Far the greater part of the nitrate made use of is produced by a combination of circum- stances which tend to compose and condense nitric acid . This acid appears to ...
... considerable quantities ; but nitrate of lime is still more abundant . Far the greater part of the nitrate made use of is produced by a combination of circum- stances which tend to compose and condense nitric acid . This acid appears to ...
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... considerable quantity it gives it out in the ordinary state of the air , on mixing with which it assumes the appear- ance of a very red vapour . Hence it was formerly called fuming nitrous acid . It appears , however , to be capable of ...
... considerable quantity it gives it out in the ordinary state of the air , on mixing with which it assumes the appear- ance of a very red vapour . Hence it was formerly called fuming nitrous acid . It appears , however , to be capable of ...
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... considerable distance ( the greater the bet- ter ) in the horizontal direction of the inter- section of the cross wires , and in a place where it can be illuminated in the night . time by a lanthorn hanging near it ; which mark being on ...
... considerable distance ( the greater the bet- ter ) in the horizontal direction of the inter- section of the cross wires , and in a place where it can be illuminated in the night . time by a lanthorn hanging near it ; which mark being on ...
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... considerable degree , would probably be fatal to it . These flies never pursue the horse into the water . aversion I imagine arises from the chillness of that element , which is probably felt more exquisitely by them , from the high ...
... considerable degree , would probably be fatal to it . These flies never pursue the horse into the water . aversion I imagine arises from the chillness of that element , which is probably felt more exquisitely by them , from the high ...
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