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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... contain a sta- tue or bust . NICKEL . A white metal , which , when obtained pure , is both ductile and malle- able ... contained in small quantities in a fossil of the siliceous ge- nus , chrysoprase , to which it communi- cates an apple ...
... contain a sta- tue or bust . NICKEL . A white metal , which , when obtained pure , is both ductile and malle- able ... contained in small quantities in a fossil of the siliceous ge- nus , chrysoprase , to which it communi- cates an apple ...
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... contain- ing an octave and a tone ; also a name given to the chord , consisting of a com- mon chord , with the eighth advanced one note . NIPA , in botany , a genus of the Appen- dix Palmæ class . Natural order of Palmæ or Palms ...
... contain- ing an octave and a tone ; also a name given to the chord , consisting of a com- mon chord , with the eighth advanced one note . NIPA , in botany , a genus of the Appen- dix Palmæ class . Natural order of Palmæ or Palms ...
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... contains less water . The specific gravity of nitre , as ascertained by Dr. Watson , is 1.9 . Its taste is sharp , bitterish , and cooling . It is very brittle . It is soluble in seven times its weight of water , at the temperature of ...
... contains less water . The specific gravity of nitre , as ascertained by Dr. Watson , is 1.9 . Its taste is sharp , bitterish , and cooling . It is very brittle . It is soluble in seven times its weight of water , at the temperature of ...
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... contains sulphuric acid , and also muriatic , from the impurity of the nitrate employed . If the former , a solution of nitrate of barytes will occasion a white precipitate : if the latter , nitrate of silver will render it milky . The ...
... contains sulphuric acid , and also muriatic , from the impurity of the nitrate employed . If the former , a solution of nitrate of barytes will occasion a white precipitate : if the latter , nitrate of silver will render it milky . The ...
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... contained .7354 of real acid ; but Rouelle professes to have ob- tained it of 1.583 . It is observable , that , on comparing the tables of Kirwan and Davy , the aeriform acid appears to con- tain a considerable portion of water more ...
... contained .7354 of real acid ; but Rouelle professes to have ob- tained it of 1.583 . It is observable , that , on comparing the tables of Kirwan and Davy , the aeriform acid appears to con- tain a considerable portion of water more ...
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