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 9Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... ammonia ; and that , when ignited , it acquires a cinnamon brown colour . It differs also from ittria , by not being so- luble in borax , or phosphate of soda , when urged upon charcoal before the blow - pipe , which salts easily effect ...
... ammonia ; and that , when ignited , it acquires a cinnamon brown colour . It differs also from ittria , by not being so- luble in borax , or phosphate of soda , when urged upon charcoal before the blow - pipe , which salts easily effect ...
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... ammonia . When gold and platina are both contain- ed in the same solution , they may be se- parated from each other by the last men- tioned solution , which throws down the platina , but not the gold . In this way platina may be ...
... ammonia . When gold and platina are both contain- ed in the same solution , they may be se- parated from each other by the last men- tioned solution , which throws down the platina , but not the gold . In this way platina may be ...
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... ammonia . Wash off the excess of ammonia by distilled water , and add concentrated sulphuric acid , apply ing heat , so that the muriatic acid may be wholly expelled . " Mercury " may be detected in ores that are supposed to contain it ...
... ammonia . Wash off the excess of ammonia by distilled water , and add concentrated sulphuric acid , apply ing heat , so that the muriatic acid may be wholly expelled . " Mercury " may be detected in ores that are supposed to contain it ...
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... ammonia , and other salts , are also occasionally employed for the same purpose . An open fire is sufficient to melt some substances , others require the heat of a furnace . The vessels in which fusion is perform- ed , must resist the ...
... ammonia , and other salts , are also occasionally employed for the same purpose . An open fire is sufficient to melt some substances , others require the heat of a furnace . The vessels in which fusion is perform- ed , must resist the ...
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... ammonia gases form solid muriate of ammonia . But when the com- bination is effected by ignition , a violent expansion , which endangers the bursting of the vessels , previously takes place , in consequence of the increase of tempera ...
... ammonia gases form solid muriate of ammonia . But when the com- bination is effected by ignition , a violent expansion , which endangers the bursting of the vessels , previously takes place , in consequence of the increase of tempera ...
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