American Edition of the 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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... carbon is precipitated , and is diffused through the liquor , rendering it thick and dark coloured ; and the remain- ing quantities of its elements , its carbon , hydrogen , and oxygen , unite and form the ether . 18 This explanation is ...
... carbon is precipitated , and is diffused through the liquor , rendering it thick and dark coloured ; and the remain- ing quantities of its elements , its carbon , hydrogen , and oxygen , unite and form the ether . 18 This explanation is ...
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... carbon , and perhaps oxygen ; differing from alcohol , in containing a much larger quantity of hydrogen , proportioned to its carbon ; and to this predominance of hydrogen its great levity and volatility are owing . This conclusion is ...
... carbon , and perhaps oxygen ; differing from alcohol , in containing a much larger quantity of hydrogen , proportioned to its carbon ; and to this predominance of hydrogen its great levity and volatility are owing . This conclusion is ...
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... carbon than sulphuric ether , as none is deposited during its formation ; but we are not certain what quantity is carried off in the state of carbonic acid . Nitric ether has some resemblance in its properties to sulphuric ether . Like ...
... carbon than sulphuric ether , as none is deposited during its formation ; but we are not certain what quantity is carried off in the state of carbonic acid . Nitric ether has some resemblance in its properties to sulphuric ether . Like ...
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... carbon , and oxygen , are separated from each other , and fly off in the elastic state . In the fermentation of wine , the tartar , which probably existed for the most part already formed in the juice of the grape , is separated , and ...
... carbon , and oxygen , are separated from each other , and fly off in the elastic state . In the fermentation of wine , the tartar , which probably existed for the most part already formed in the juice of the grape , is separated , and ...
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... carbon . As soon as it has acquired the low red heat called cherry - red , it is taken out and plunged into pure cold water , which in- stantly cools it , and renders it very hard . There are several variations adopted in the hardening ...
... carbon . As soon as it has acquired the low red heat called cherry - red , it is taken out and plunged into pure cold water , which in- stantly cools it , and renders it very hard . There are several variations adopted in the hardening ...
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