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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... passing to velvet - black ; it occurs in larger and smaller angular grains ; specific gravity 4.5 . It is not attract- ed by the magnet ; it is infusible per se , but with borax it melts with a transparent hyacinth red globule ; it ...
... passing to velvet - black ; it occurs in larger and smaller angular grains ; specific gravity 4.5 . It is not attract- ed by the magnet ; it is infusible per se , but with borax it melts with a transparent hyacinth red globule ; it ...
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... passes into the receiver is generally red and fuming ; but the ap- pearances gradually diminish , till the acid comes over pale , and even colourless , if the materials used were clean After this it again becomes more and more red and ...
... passes into the receiver is generally red and fuming ; but the ap- pearances gradually diminish , till the acid comes over pale , and even colourless , if the materials used were clean After this it again becomes more and more red and ...
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... pass without their concurrence : they are the supreme court of judicature , and even in criminal cases give their ver- dict upon their honour , without being put to their oath . In their absence they are allowed a proxy to vote for them ...
... pass without their concurrence : they are the supreme court of judicature , and even in criminal cases give their ver- dict upon their honour , without being put to their oath . In their absence they are allowed a proxy to vote for them ...
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... passes over be- tween the lower part of our meridian and the point of the horizon , wherein he arises ; or between the point of the hori- zon , wherein he sets , and the lower part of our meridian . NOCTURNAL , OF NOCTURLABIUM , an in ...
... passes over be- tween the lower part of our meridian and the point of the horizon , wherein he arises ; or between the point of the hori- zon , wherein he sets , and the lower part of our meridian . NOCTURNAL , OF NOCTURLABIUM , an in ...
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... passing the Alps at this time , and in visiting the gentlemen who had published any accounts of those experi- ments . But though he engaged them to repeat their experiments in his presence , and upon himself , and though he made it his ...
... passing the Alps at this time , and in visiting the gentlemen who had published any accounts of those experi- ments . But though he engaged them to repeat their experiments in his presence , and upon himself , and though he made it his ...
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