American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 6Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... acid , and then precipitate it with a piece of copper : the precipitate , after being digested in distilled vinegar , and then washed in water and dried , is in the form of a very fine powder , and both works better , and is easier to ...
... acid , and then precipitate it with a piece of copper : the precipitate , after being digested in distilled vinegar , and then washed in water and dried , is in the form of a very fine powder , and both works better , and is easier to ...
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... acid , that the surface may be rendered per- fectly clean ; it must then be washed in clean water , changed two or three times , to get rid of the whole of the acid : be- ing afterwards dried , and made mode- rately warm , a little gold ...
... acid , that the surface may be rendered per- fectly clean ; it must then be washed in clean water , changed two or three times , to get rid of the whole of the acid : be- ing afterwards dried , and made mode- rately warm , a little gold ...
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... acid to facilitate the adhesion of the copper and mercury , in the following manner . A piece of copper , a button for example , is cleaned , by steeping it in acid , and subsequent washing , and is then burnished , either in a lathe ...
... acid to facilitate the adhesion of the copper and mercury , in the following manner . A piece of copper , a button for example , is cleaned , by steeping it in acid , and subsequent washing , and is then burnished , either in a lathe ...
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... acid , as we have seen , has a great power over it , and dissolves it very quick- ly ( see FLUORIC ACID ) : so also have the fixed alkalies , when assisted by heat . The continued action of hot water is said to be capable of decomposing ...
... acid , as we have seen , has a great power over it , and dissolves it very quick- ly ( see FLUORIC ACID ) : so also have the fixed alkalies , when assisted by heat . The continued action of hot water is said to be capable of decomposing ...
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... acid and soda ; a valuable remedy , but , toge- ther with others of his invention , extolled by himself to an extravagant degree . He kept several of his medicines secret , and made advantage of them as nostrums . Of his works an ...
... acid and soda ; a valuable remedy , but , toge- ther with others of his invention , extolled by himself to an extravagant degree . He kept several of his medicines secret , and made advantage of them as nostrums . Of his works an ...
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