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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... given by Che- nevix is the most simple . The metal ob tained from kupfer - nickel , by roasting and fusion with three times its own weight of black flux , is dissolved in nitric acid , the solution being boiled , so that the arsenic ...
... given by Che- nevix is the most simple . The metal ob tained from kupfer - nickel , by roasting and fusion with three times its own weight of black flux , is dissolved in nitric acid , the solution being boiled , so that the arsenic ...
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... 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 . Essential character : male , spathe ; corolla six ...
... 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 . Essential character : male , spathe ; corolla six ...
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... given out , and a small portion of the latter is retained by the alkaline residuum , which was former- ly called clyssus of nitre . Three parts of nitre , two of subcarbonate of potash and one of sulphur , mixed together in a warm ...
... given out , and a small portion of the latter is retained by the alkaline residuum , which was former- ly called clyssus of nitre . Three parts of nitre , two of subcarbonate of potash and one of sulphur , mixed together in a warm ...
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... given to this first termination . Its chief use is to be placed in discourse before all verbs , as the subject of ... given time , under a given elevation of the pole , is easily found . If the altitude of the nonagesimal be subtracted ...
... given to this first termination . Its chief use is to be placed in discourse before all verbs , as the subject of ... given time , under a given elevation of the pole , is easily found . If the altitude of the nonagesimal be subtracted ...
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... given to each sound . NOTONECTA , in natural history , boat- fly , a genus of insects of the order Hemip- tera . Snout inflected ; antennæ shorter than the thorax ; four wings folded cross- wise , coriaceous on the upper half ; hind ...
... given to each sound . NOTONECTA , in natural history , boat- fly , a genus of insects of the order Hemip- tera . Snout inflected ; antennæ shorter than the thorax ; four wings folded cross- wise , coriaceous on the upper half ; hind ...
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