The British Encyclopedia, Or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge : Illustrated with Upwards of 150 Elegant Engravings. N - R. 5Longman, 1809 - 680 pages |
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... appears to be proved that it is possessed of magnetic power , and that therefore iron is not the only metal to which it belongs . The mag netic properties of nickel had often been observed ; but as in the usual processes by which it is ...
... appears to be proved that it is possessed of magnetic power , and that therefore iron is not the only metal to which it belongs . The mag netic properties of nickel had often been observed ; but as in the usual processes by which it is ...
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... appears com- posed of a congeries of prisms . Nickel forms alloys with a number of the metals ; but our knowledge of these combi- nations is very imperfect . NICOTIANA , in botany , tobacco , a genus of the Pentandria Monogynia class ...
... appears com- posed of a congeries of prisms . Nickel forms alloys with a number of the metals ; but our knowledge of these combi- nations is very imperfect . NICOTIANA , in botany , tobacco , a genus of the Pentandria Monogynia class ...
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... appears , that cannons were employed in Germany before the year 1372. No traces of it can be found in any European author , previous to the thirteenth century ; but it seems to have been known to the Chinese long be- fore that period ...
... appears , that cannons were employed in Germany before the year 1372. No traces of it can be found in any European author , previous to the thirteenth century ; but it seems to have been known to the Chinese long be- fore that period ...
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... appears to be pro- duced in all situations , where animal matters are completely decomposed with access of air , and of proper substances with which it can readily combine . Grounds frequently trodden by cattle , and impregnated with ...
... appears to be pro- duced in all situations , where animal matters are completely decomposed with access of air , and of proper substances with which it can readily combine . Grounds frequently trodden by cattle , and impregnated with ...
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... appear- ance of a very red vapour . Hence it was formerly called fuming nitrous acid . It appears , however , to be capable of com- bining with some at least of the salifiable bases , so as to form a distinct genus of salts , that may ...
... appear- ance of a very red vapour . Hence it was formerly called fuming nitrous acid . It appears , however , to be capable of com- bining with some at least of the salifiable bases , so as to form a distinct genus of salts , that may ...
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