British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 12Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... found dissemi- nated and crystallized . Specific gravity 10.6 . It dissolves in nitrous acid , and during the solution nitrous gas is evolved : the constituent parts are , Sylvan Gold Lead Silver Sulphur • 44.75 26.75 19.5 8.5 SYL SYL.
... found dissemi- nated and crystallized . Specific gravity 10.6 . It dissolves in nitrous acid , and during the solution nitrous gas is evolved : the constituent parts are , Sylvan Gold Lead Silver Sulphur • 44.75 26.75 19.5 8.5 SYL SYL.
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... acids , and the nitro - muriatic acid extracts the gold from it . SYMPHONIA , in botany , a genus of the Monadelphia Pentandria class and or- der . Essential character : one styled ; corolla globular ; berry five - celled . There is ...
... acids , and the nitro - muriatic acid extracts the gold from it . SYMPHONIA , in botany , a genus of the Monadelphia Pentandria class and or- der . Essential character : one styled ; corolla globular ; berry five - celled . There is ...
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... acids and alco- hol in flakes . The concentrated mineral acids produce a flaky precipitate , which is soon re - dissolved ; but the viscidity of the liquid is not destroyed till they are so much diluted with water , that the acid When ...
... acids and alco- hol in flakes . The concentrated mineral acids produce a flaky precipitate , which is soon re - dissolved ; but the viscidity of the liquid is not destroyed till they are so much diluted with water , that the acid When ...
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... acid , or with a vegetable acid prepared from rye or barley . This operation ( which is called raising ) , by distending the pores of the hides , occasions them more readily to imbibe the ooze , the effect of which is to astringe and ...
... acid , or with a vegetable acid prepared from rye or barley . This operation ( which is called raising ) , by distending the pores of the hides , occasions them more readily to imbibe the ooze , the effect of which is to astringe and ...
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... acid . It reddens the in- fusion of turnsol , acts upon metallic solu- tions , and more particularly it precipitates a black fecula from sulphate of iron , & c . And it is also found , that a piece of fresh skin , divested of its fat ...
... acid . It reddens the in- fusion of turnsol , acts upon metallic solu- tions , and more particularly it precipitates a black fecula from sulphate of iron , & c . And it is also found , that a piece of fresh skin , divested of its fat ...
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