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... principle on which the efficacy of this method is founded , is the well known proportion which the resist- ance of any body moved through water bears to the velo- city of its motion , which has frequently been determined to be equal to ...
... principle on which the efficacy of this method is founded , is the well known proportion which the resist- ance of any body moved through water bears to the velo- city of its motion , which has frequently been determined to be equal to ...
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... principle , we may obtain powders of iron that may be dissoluble without effervescence in acids , and which may possess the same properties as the oxyds . As for myself , I am the more ́persuaded of its possibility , because I am rather ...
... principle , we may obtain powders of iron that may be dissoluble without effervescence in acids , and which may possess the same properties as the oxyds . As for myself , I am the more ́persuaded of its possibility , because I am rather ...
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... principle . Before I conclude my account of the oxyds of iron by calcination , I must be permitted to make an ... principles of this combination their salutary effects are owing ; and the faculty , until now , have been unable to make ...
... principle . Before I conclude my account of the oxyds of iron by calcination , I must be permitted to make an ... principles of this combination their salutary effects are owing ; and the faculty , until now , have been unable to make ...
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... principle that the use of this re - active is founded . When the colouring is accompanied by a precipitate , the alkali not finding an excess of acid to combine with , possesses itself of a part of that which held the oxyd in solution ...
... principle that the use of this re - active is founded . When the colouring is accompanied by a precipitate , the alkali not finding an excess of acid to combine with , possesses itself of a part of that which held the oxyd in solution ...
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... principle , of ; which I shall presently speak . Of the Green Oxyd . " The green oxyd obtained by the dissclution of iron in acids , presented me with three principal facts to exa- mine : first , to determine how much oxygen the iron ...
... principle , of ; which I shall presently speak . Of the Green Oxyd . " The green oxyd obtained by the dissclution of iron in acids , presented me with three principal facts to exa- mine : first , to determine how much oxygen the iron ...
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alkali ammonia annual plant antifriction antifriction rollers appears Argand's lamps axis barytes black oxyd boiling candles carbonic acid carriage charcoal cock colour combination combustion common contained copper corn crop crucible cylinder decomposed decomposition dissolved distilled Ditto effect employed experiments fire fixed frost furnace galena gallic acid glass grain grass green oxyd green sulphate heat hydrogen inches land lever light lime liquor machine magnetic manner manufacturing mercury metal method mixture muriatic acid nitrate oats observed obtained oxyd of iron oxygen pallets pastures piece plants plate plough precipitate present produce proportion Prussian blue prussiate of potash prussic acid quantity red oxyd rollers or wheels roots salt Sea Kale seeds shew shewn side simple prussiate slide solution sown spermaceti substances sulphate of iron sulphuret sulphuric acid surface tannin tion triple prussiate tube turnsol vegetate vessel weeds weight wheat wood XI.-SECOND SERIES
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