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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... carbonic acid 6.50 99.99 It is said to emit a phosphoric light when rubbed in the dark . Before the blow - pipe it melts without addition into a cellular white - coloured scoria . It is found principally in primitive mountains , and is ...
... carbonic acid 6.50 99.99 It is said to emit a phosphoric light when rubbed in the dark . Before the blow - pipe it melts without addition into a cellular white - coloured scoria . It is found principally in primitive mountains , and is ...
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... carbonic acid gas , and the remainder , in purity 1.72 , extinguished a candle ; between the interstices of this lava was a sand , which the operator could not separate from it . Five ounces and a half of Vesuvian lava produced thirty ...
... carbonic acid gas , and the remainder , in purity 1.72 , extinguished a candle ; between the interstices of this lava was a sand , which the operator could not separate from it . Five ounces and a half of Vesuvian lava produced thirty ...
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... acid is formed in the liquid . If the solution in water be boiled , and , as ... carbonic acids united with the alkali employed . The urea al- most entirely ... acid . This acid was discovered by Scheele in the year 1776. It was at first ...
... acid is formed in the liquid . If the solution in water be boiled , and , as ... carbonic acids united with the alkali employed . The urea al- most entirely ... acid . This acid was discovered by Scheele in the year 1776. It was at first ...
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... carbonic acid , and acetic acid . Hence the smell of ammonia is always recognised while urine is undergoing these changes . Part of the gelatine is deposited in a flaky form , mixed with mucilage . Ammonia combines with phosphoric acid ...
... carbonic acid , and acetic acid . Hence the smell of ammonia is always recognised while urine is undergoing these changes . Part of the gelatine is deposited in a flaky form , mixed with mucilage . Ammonia combines with phosphoric acid ...
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... carbonic acid gas ; by others it was conjectured it would be the sulphurous or sulphuric acid . The latter was the WAV would have been at the same height with itself WATER .
... carbonic acid gas ; by others it was conjectured it would be the sulphurous or sulphuric acid . The latter was the WAV would have been at the same height with itself WATER .
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