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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... heat for several hours , changing the receiver as soon as it is filled with red vapours . The nitrous gas will thus be expelled , and the nitric acid will remain in the retort , as limpid and colourless as water . It should be kept in a ...
... heat for several hours , changing the receiver as soon as it is filled with red vapours . The nitrous gas will thus be expelled , and the nitric acid will remain in the retort , as limpid and colourless as water . It should be kept in a ...
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... heat be urged too far , the ba- rytes is apt to vitrify with the earth of the crucible . It is soluble in 12 parts of cold , and 3 or 4 of boiling water . It is said to exist in some mineral waters . : The nitrate of potash , is the ...
... heat be urged too far , the ba- rytes is apt to vitrify with the earth of the crucible . It is soluble in 12 parts of cold , and 3 or 4 of boiling water . It is said to exist in some mineral waters . : The nitrate of potash , is the ...
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... heat nitre fuses ; and in this state being pour- ed into moulds , so as to form little round cakes , or balls , it is called sal prunella , or crystal mineral . This at least is the way in which this salt is now usually prepar- ed ...
... heat nitre fuses ; and in this state being pour- ed into moulds , so as to form little round cakes , or balls , it is called sal prunella , or crystal mineral . This at least is the way in which this salt is now usually prepar- ed ...
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... heat . It is likewise soluble in less than its weight of alcohol . By evaporating the aqueous so- lution to dryness , continuing the heat till the nitrate fuses , keeping it in this state five or ten minutes , and then pouring it into ...
... heat . It is likewise soluble in less than its weight of alcohol . By evaporating the aqueous so- lution to dryness , continuing the heat till the nitrate fuses , keeping it in this state five or ten minutes , and then pouring it into ...
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... heat . Nitrate of zircone was first discovered by Klaproth , and has since been examin- ed by Guyton - Morveau and Vauquelin . Its crystals are small , capillary , silky needles . Its taste is astringent . It is easi- ly decomposed by ...
... heat . Nitrate of zircone was first discovered by Klaproth , and has since been examin- ed by Guyton - Morveau and Vauquelin . Its crystals are small , capillary , silky needles . Its taste is astringent . It is easi- ly decomposed by ...
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