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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... weight of black flux , is dissolved in nitric acid , the solution being boiled , so that the arsenic present receiving oxygen from the acid may be converted into arsenic acid ; a so- lution of nitrate of lead is then dropped in , and ...
... weight of black flux , is dissolved in nitric acid , the solution being boiled , so that the arsenic present receiving oxygen from the acid may be converted into arsenic acid ; a so- lution of nitrate of lead is then dropped in , and ...
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... weight one - fifth . The compound is of a white colour with metallic lustre , and ap- pears composed of a congeries of prisms . Nickel forms alloys with a number of the metals ; but our knowledge of these combinations is very imperfect ...
... weight one - fifth . The compound is of a white colour with metallic lustre , and ap- pears composed of a congeries of prisms . Nickel forms alloys with a number of the metals ; but our knowledge of these combinations is very imperfect ...
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... weight of water , at the temperature of 60 ° ; and in rather less than its own weight of boiling water . When exposed to a strong heat it melts , and congeals by cooling into an opaque mass , which has been called mineral crys- tal ...
... weight of water , at the temperature of 60 ° ; and in rather less than its own weight of boiling water . When exposed to a strong heat it melts , and congeals by cooling into an opaque mass , which has been called mineral crys- tal ...
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... weight to an eighth of that originally employed ; or by precipitating with nitrate of barytes , decanting the clear liquid , and distilling it . The muriatic acid may be separated by proceeding in the same way with ni- trate of silver ...
... weight to an eighth of that originally employed ; or by precipitating with nitrate of barytes , decanting the clear liquid , and distilling it . The muriatic acid may be separated by proceeding in the same way with ni- trate of silver ...
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... weight of sulphate of iron , and half its weight of the same sulphate calcined , and distilling the mixture : or by mixing nitre with twice its weight of dry pow- dered clay , and distilling in a reverbera- tory furnace . Two kinds are ...
... weight of sulphate of iron , and half its weight of the same sulphate calcined , and distilling the mixture : or by mixing nitre with twice its weight of dry pow- dered clay , and distilling in a reverbera- tory furnace . Two kinds are ...
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