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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... come over , beautiful crystals of muriate of lead will be obtained on cooling the remainder , if litharge be used , as M. Steinacher informs us ; who also adds , that the vessels should B be made to fit tight by grinding , as any NIT NIT.
... come over , beautiful crystals of muriate of lead will be obtained on cooling the remainder , if litharge be used , as M. Steinacher informs us ; who also adds , that the vessels should B be made to fit tight by grinding , as any NIT NIT.
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... vessels not being luted , but merely joined by paper ; and to apply a very gentle heat for several hours , changing the receiver as soon as it is filled with red vapours . The nitrous gas will thus be expelled , and the nitric acid will ...
... vessels not being luted , but merely joined by paper ; and to apply a very gentle heat for several hours , changing the receiver as soon as it is filled with red vapours . The nitrous gas will thus be expelled , and the nitric acid will ...
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... vessel . These booms are laid upon the forecastle nearly to the quarter - deck , where their after - ends are usually sustain . ed by a frame , called the gallows , which consists of two strong posts , about six feet high , with a cross ...
... vessel . These booms are laid upon the forecastle nearly to the quarter - deck , where their after - ends are usually sustain . ed by a frame , called the gallows , which consists of two strong posts , about six feet high , with a cross ...
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... vessel , by rowing . OAT . See AVENA . OBELISK , in architecture , a truncated , quadrangular , and slender pyramid , raised as an ornament , and frequently charged either with inscriptions or hieroglyphics . OBJECT , in philosophy ...
... vessel , by rowing . OAT . See AVENA . OBELISK , in architecture , a truncated , quadrangular , and slender pyramid , raised as an ornament , and frequently charged either with inscriptions or hieroglyphics . OBJECT , in philosophy ...
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... vessel containing phophorus immersed in oil . The various purposes to which fixed oils are applied are too well known to require particular enumeration . They are employed in domestic economy , either as articles of food , and for this ...
... vessel containing phophorus immersed in oil . The various purposes to which fixed oils are applied are too well known to require particular enumeration . They are employed in domestic economy , either as articles of food , and for this ...
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