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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... vapours with a strong arsenical odour , and melts with difficulty . It dissolves in acids , giving a green solution . Bergman found it to be composed of nickel , iron , cobalt , arsenic , and sulphur . Vauquelin regards it as es ...
... vapours with a strong arsenical odour , and melts with difficulty . It dissolves in acids , giving a green solution . Bergman found it to be composed of nickel , iron , cobalt , arsenic , and sulphur . Vauquelin regards it as es ...
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... vapours . The nitrous gas will thus be expelled , and the nitric acid will remain in the retort , as limpid and colourless as ... vapour , to destroy contagion . For the purposes of the arts it is commonly used in a diluted state , and ...
... vapours . The nitrous gas will thus be expelled , and the nitric acid will remain in the retort , as limpid and colourless as ... vapour , to destroy contagion . For the purposes of the arts it is commonly used in a diluted state , and ...
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... vapour . Hence it was formerly called fuming ni- trous acid . It appears , however , to be capable of combining with some at least of the salifiable bases , so as to form a dis- tinct genus of salts , that may be termed nitrites . But ...
... vapour . Hence it was formerly called fuming ni- trous acid . It appears , however , to be capable of combining with some at least of the salifiable bases , so as to form a dis- tinct genus of salts , that may be termed nitrites . But ...
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... vapour , a tempera- ture above that of boiling water ; but the volatile , or essential oils , are volatilized at the temperature of boiling water , and even at a lower one . Both the volatile and fixed oils are obtained from plants ...
... vapour , a tempera- ture above that of boiling water ; but the volatile , or essential oils , are volatilized at the temperature of boiling water , and even at a lower one . Both the volatile and fixed oils are obtained from plants ...
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... vapour of water , and sometimes they are boiled in the wa- ter itself by which means those sub- stances which are soluble in water are separated , and thus the oily part which adhered to these substances is disen- gaged . The oils which ...
... vapour of water , and sometimes they are boiled in the wa- ter itself by which means those sub- stances which are soluble in water are separated , and thus the oily part which adhered to these substances is disen- gaged . The oils which ...
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