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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... specific gravity 2.5 to 2.9 . Melts before the blow - pipe . The usual co- lour of the common is leek green , but its specific gravity is between 3.0 and 3.3 . The principal colour of the glassy is moun- tain green , passing to the ...
... specific gravity 2.5 to 2.9 . Melts before the blow - pipe . The usual co- lour of the common is leek green , but its specific gravity is between 3.0 and 3.3 . The principal colour of the glassy is moun- tain green , passing to the ...
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... Specific gravity 3.98 . See RUBY . ADAMBEA , in botany , a genus of the Polyandria Monogynia class and order , of which there is but a single species , which grows on the coast of Malabar , in sandy and stony places ; rises to about ...
... Specific gravity 3.98 . See RUBY . ADAMBEA , in botany , a genus of the Polyandria Monogynia class and order , of which there is but a single species , which grows on the coast of Malabar , in sandy and stony places ; rises to about ...
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... specific gravity than that of the air in which it rises . Heat is well known to rarefy and expand , and conse- quently to lessen the specific gravity of the air to which it is applied ; and the diminu- tion of its weight is proportional ...
... specific gravity than that of the air in which it rises . Heat is well known to rarefy and expand , and conse- quently to lessen the specific gravity of the air to which it is applied ; and the diminu- tion of its weight is proportional ...
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... specific gravity was 35 pounds less than that of common air . In conse- quence of this brilliant experiment , many balloons were made on a small scale ; gold- beaters skin was used for the covering ; and their size was from 9 to 18 ...
... specific gravity was 35 pounds less than that of common air . In conse- quence of this brilliant experiment , many balloons were made on a small scale ; gold- beaters skin was used for the covering ; and their size was from 9 to 18 ...
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... specific gravity of the whole apparatus . For the first twenty minutes they seemed to pursue the proper course ; but the balloon seemed to be much inflated , and the aeronauts ap- peared anxious to descend . Soon , however , when they ...
... specific gravity of the whole apparatus . For the first twenty minutes they seemed to pursue the proper course ; but the balloon seemed to be much inflated , and the aeronauts ap- peared anxious to descend . Soon , however , when they ...
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