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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... compound has a yellow colour with some brilliancy . It is brittle and hard , and burns when strongly heated in contact with the air . Nickel is also dis- solved by the alkaline sulphurets . With phosphorus , nickel unites , either by ...
... compound has a yellow colour with some brilliancy . It is brittle and hard , and burns when strongly heated in contact with the air . Nickel is also dis- solved by the alkaline sulphurets . With phosphorus , nickel unites , either by ...
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... compounds , formed by means of nitre , is gunpowder , which has completely changed the modern art of war . The discoverer of this compound , and the person who first thought of ap- plying it to the purposes of war , are un- known . It ...
... compounds , formed by means of nitre , is gunpowder , which has completely changed the modern art of war . The discoverer of this compound , and the person who first thought of ap- plying it to the purposes of war , are un- known . It ...
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... compound made by mixing two parts of the nitric acid with one of muriatic , known formerly by the name of aqua re- gia , and now by that of nitro - muriatic acid , has the property of dissolving gold and platina . On mixing the two ...
... compound made by mixing two parts of the nitric acid with one of muriatic , known formerly by the name of aqua re- gia , and now by that of nitro - muriatic acid , has the property of dissolving gold and platina . On mixing the two ...
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... Compound number , one divisible by some other number , be- sides unity ; as 12 , which is divisible by 2 , 3 , 4 , and 6. Numbers , as 12 and 15 , which have some common measure be- sides unity , are said to be compound num- bers among ...
... Compound number , one divisible by some other number , be- sides unity ; as 12 , which is divisible by 2 , 3 , 4 , and 6. Numbers , as 12 and 15 , which have some common measure be- sides unity , are said to be compound num- bers among ...
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... compound colour in the corresponding point of the image . Hence appears the reason why the images formed by glasses have the co- lours of the objects which they represent . The instance of the separation of the primary colours of light ...
... compound colour in the corresponding point of the image . Hence appears the reason why the images formed by glasses have the co- lours of the objects which they represent . The instance of the separation of the primary colours of light ...
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