The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... potash , notwithstanding the superior den- sity of this last . This inequality of effects on equal diameters , and in an inverse order to that of the respective specific gravities of the two fluids , appeared not only to be de- cisive ...
... potash , notwithstanding the superior den- sity of this last . This inequality of effects on equal diameters , and in an inverse order to that of the respective specific gravities of the two fluids , appeared not only to be de- cisive ...
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... Potash and soda produce effects perfectly analogous to those of lime . To the fore- going experiments of Fourcroy , a few facts have since been added by Dr. Gibbes . The receptacle at Oxford for those bodies which have been used by the ...
... Potash and soda produce effects perfectly analogous to those of lime . To the fore- going experiments of Fourcroy , a few facts have since been added by Dr. Gibbes . The receptacle at Oxford for those bodies which have been used by the ...
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... potash , and soda : the two last are called fixed alkalies , because they require a red heat to volatilize them ... potash and soda . A more brilliant discovery has not been made since those which have im- mortalized the names of ...
... potash , and soda : the two last are called fixed alkalies , because they require a red heat to volatilize them ... potash and soda . A more brilliant discovery has not been made since those which have im- mortalized the names of ...
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... potash was rege- nerated . One of these globules placed on a piece of ice dissolved it , and burnt with a bright flame , giving out an intense heat . Potash was found in the product of the dissolved ice . Nearly the same effects fol ...
... potash was rege- nerated . One of these globules placed on a piece of ice dissolved it , and burnt with a bright flame , giving out an intense heat . Potash was found in the product of the dissolved ice . Nearly the same effects fol ...
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... potash , an effervescence is pro- duced by the uncombined acid , which pre- vents the first portions of alkali , that are ad- ded to the solution of sulphate of alumina , from occasioning any precipitate . 4. When sulphate of alumina is ...
... potash , an effervescence is pro- duced by the uncombined acid , which pre- vents the first portions of alkali , that are ad- ded to the solution of sulphate of alumina , from occasioning any precipitate . 4. When sulphate of alumina is ...
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