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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... oxide . The first is the most abundant , and the one from which nickel is usually extract- ed . It is known to mineralogists by the name of kupfer - nickel , or copper - nickel , from its colour and appearance . It oc- curs generally ...
... oxide . The first is the most abundant , and the one from which nickel is usually extract- ed . It is known to mineralogists by the name of kupfer - nickel , or copper - nickel , from its colour and appearance . It oc- curs generally ...
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... oxide to a red heat , or by heating it with oxymuriatic acid . It ap- pears , therefore , to be too highly oxydiz . ed to be capable of directly combining with any of the acids ... Oxide of menachine 84 Oxide of iron . Oxide of NIC NIE.
... oxide to a red heat , or by heating it with oxymuriatic acid . It ap- pears , therefore , to be too highly oxydiz . ed to be capable of directly combining with any of the acids ... Oxide of menachine 84 Oxide of iron . Oxide of NIC NIE.
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... Oxide of menachine 84 Oxide of iron . Oxide of manganese 14 2 100 NILOMETER , sometimes called Nilo- scope , an instrument used among the an- cients to measure the height of the water in the river Nile , in its periodical over- flowings ...
... Oxide of menachine 84 Oxide of iron . Oxide of manganese 14 2 100 NILOMETER , sometimes called Nilo- scope , an instrument used among the an- cients to measure the height of the water in the river Nile , in its periodical over- flowings ...
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... oxide . Silex , alumine , and barytes , decompose this salt in a high temperature by uniting with its base , as was observed when speaking of aqua fortis . The alumine will effect this , even after it has been made into pottery . The ...
... oxide . Silex , alumine , and barytes , decompose this salt in a high temperature by uniting with its base , as was observed when speaking of aqua fortis . The alumine will effect this , even after it has been made into pottery . The ...
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... oxide on being decomposed by heat . See nitrous oxide under the art . GAS . Nitrate of magnesia , magnesian nitre , crystallizes in four - sided rhomboidal prisms , with oblique or truncated sum- mits , and sometimes in bundles of small ...
... oxide on being decomposed by heat . See nitrous oxide under the art . GAS . Nitrate of magnesia , magnesian nitre , crystallizes in four - sided rhomboidal prisms , with oblique or truncated sum- mits , and sometimes in bundles of small ...
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