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William Nicholson. NILOMETER , sometimes called Nilo- scope , an instrument used among the an- cients to measure the height of the water in the river Nile , in its periodical overflow- ings . It was first set up , it has been as- serted ...
William Nicholson. NILOMETER , sometimes called Nilo- scope , an instrument used among the an- cients to measure the height of the water in the river Nile , in its periodical overflow- ings . It was first set up , it has been as- serted ...
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... sometimes obtained in small shining scales . It may be prepared by uniting barytes directly with nitric acid , or by decomposing the carbonate of sulphuret of barytes with this acid . Exposed to heat it decrepitates , and at length ...
... sometimes obtained in small shining scales . It may be prepared by uniting barytes directly with nitric acid , or by decomposing the carbonate of sulphuret of barytes with this acid . Exposed to heat it decrepitates , and at length ...
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... sometimes in bundles of small needles . Its taste is bitter , and very similar to that of nitrate of lime , but less pungent . It is fu- sible , and decomposable by heat , giving out first a little oxygen gas , then nitrous oxide , and ...
... sometimes in bundles of small needles . Its taste is bitter , and very similar to that of nitrate of lime , but less pungent . It is fu- sible , and decomposable by heat , giving out first a little oxygen gas , then nitrous oxide , and ...
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... sometimes imported in preserve , by way of sweetmeat , or as a curiosity . See MACE . The nutmeg , as we receive it , is of a roundish or oval figure , of a tolerably com- pact and firm texture , but easily cut with a knife , and ...
... sometimes imported in preserve , by way of sweetmeat , or as a curiosity . See MACE . The nutmeg , as we receive it , is of a roundish or oval figure , of a tolerably com- pact and firm texture , but easily cut with a knife , and ...
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... sometimes used for eleven ; and with a dash over it , thus O , for eleven thousand . In music , the O , or rather a circle , or double C , is a note of time , called by us a semi - breve ; and , by the Italians , circolo . The O is also ...
... sometimes used for eleven ; and with a dash over it , thus O , for eleven thousand . In music , the O , or rather a circle , or double C , is a note of time , called by us a semi - breve ; and , by the Italians , circolo . The O is also ...
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