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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... known to mineralogists by the name of kupfer - nickel , or copper - nickel , from its colour and appearance . It oc- curs generally massive and disseminated ; its colour is copper - red of various shades ; its lustre is weakly shining ...
... known to mineralogists by the name of kupfer - nickel , or copper - nickel , from its colour and appearance . It oc- curs generally massive and disseminated ; its colour is copper - red of various shades ; its lustre is weakly shining ...
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... known also by the name of salt - petre , is produced naturally in considerable quan- tities , particularly in Egypt , and has been known from time immemorial . Roger Bacon mentions it under the name of ni- tre , in the thirteenth ...
... known also by the name of salt - petre , is produced naturally in considerable quan- tities , particularly in Egypt , and has been known from time immemorial . Roger Bacon mentions it under the name of ni- tre , in the thirteenth ...
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... known by the name of crude nitre . It consists of nitre , common salt , nitrate of lime , and various other salts . The foreign salts are either separated by repeated crystalliza- tions , or by washing the salt repeatedly with small ...
... known by the name of crude nitre . It consists of nitre , common salt , nitrate of lime , and various other salts . The foreign salts are either separated by repeated crystalliza- tions , or by washing the salt repeatedly with small ...
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... known by the name of white flux . It is merely a mix- ture of carbonate of potash , with some pure potash . When two parts of tartar , and one of nitre , are deflagrated in this manner , the residuum is called black flux , from its ...
... known by the name of white flux . It is merely a mix- ture of carbonate of potash , with some pure potash . When two parts of tartar , and one of nitre , are deflagrated in this manner , the residuum is called black flux , from its ...
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... 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 acids , heat is given out , an effervescence takes place , oxygenated 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 acids , heat is given out , an effervescence takes place , oxygenated muriatic ...
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