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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... Effects of Optics , Catop- trics , and Dioptrics , " & c . 1638 , folio ; which was only introductory to his " Thaumaturgus Opticus , sive , admi- randa Optices , Catoptrices , et Dioptrices , pars prima , de iis quæ spectant ad visio ...
... Effects of Optics , Catop- trics , and Dioptrics , " & c . 1638 , folio ; which was only introductory to his " Thaumaturgus Opticus , sive , admi- randa Optices , Catoptrices , et Dioptrices , pars prima , de iis quæ spectant ad visio ...
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... effect of the magnet on it is very little in- ferior to that which it exerts on iron ; and the metal itself becomes magnetic by friction with a magnet , or even by beat- ing with a hammer . Magnetic needles have even been constructed of ...
... effect of the magnet on it is very little in- ferior to that which it exerts on iron ; and the metal itself becomes magnetic by friction with a magnet , or even by beat- ing with a hammer . Magnetic needles have even been constructed of ...
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... effect this , even after it has been made into pottery . The uses of nitre are various . Beside those already indicated , it enters into the composition of fluxes , and is extensively employed in metallurgy ; it serves to pro- mote the ...
... effect this , even after it has been made into pottery . The uses of nitre are various . Beside those already indicated , it enters into the composition of fluxes , and is extensively employed in metallurgy ; it serves to pro- mote the ...
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... effect a com- plete decomposition of the salt . In this way the nitrates of potash and soda may be obtained and perhaps those of barytes , strontian , lime and magnesia The ni- trites are particularly characterized by be- ing ...
... effect a com- plete decomposition of the salt . In this way the nitrates of potash and soda may be obtained and perhaps those of barytes , strontian , lime and magnesia The ni- trites are particularly characterized by be- ing ...
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... effect with regard to them that 6 has with regard to cubes . The general rule is this : " If the exponent of the power of a number be even , that is , if that number be raised to the 2d , 4th , 6th , & c . power , it must be divided by ...
... effect with regard to them that 6 has with regard to cubes . The general rule is this : " If the exponent of the power of a number be even , that is , if that number be raised to the 2d , 4th , 6th , & c . power , it must be divided by ...
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