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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... common culinary salt , and sometimes muriate of magnesia . It is the property of nitre to be much more soluble in hot than cold water ; but common salt is very nearly as soluble in cold as in hot water . Whenever , therefore , the ...
... common culinary salt , and sometimes muriate of magnesia . It is the property of nitre to be much more soluble in hot than cold water ; but common salt is very nearly as soluble in cold as in hot water . Whenever , therefore , the ...
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... common salt for preserving meat , to which it gives a red hue ; it is an in- gredient in some frigorific mixtures ; and it is prescribed in medicine , as cooling , febrifuge , and diuretic , and some have re- commended it mixed with ...
... common salt for preserving meat , to which it gives a red hue ; it is an in- gredient in some frigorific mixtures ; and it is prescribed in medicine , as cooling , febrifuge , and diuretic , and some have re- commended it mixed with ...
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... common mea- sure besides unity , are said to be compound numbers among themselves . Cubic num- ber , is the product of a square number by its root : such is 27 , as being the product of the square number 9 , by its root 3. All cubic ...
... common mea- sure besides unity , are said to be compound numbers among themselves . Cubic num- ber , is the product of a square number by its root : such is 27 , as being the product of the square number 9 , by its root 3. All cubic ...
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... common measure besides unity , as 12 and 19. Perfect number , that whose aliquot parts added to- gether make the whole number , as 6 , 28 ; the aliquot parts of 6 being 3 , 2 , and 1 , 6 ; and those of 28 being 14 , 7 , 4 , 2 , 1 , = 28 ...
... common measure besides unity , as 12 and 19. Perfect number , that whose aliquot parts added to- gether make the whole number , as 6 , 28 ; the aliquot parts of 6 being 3 , 2 , and 1 , 6 ; and those of 28 being 14 , 7 , 4 , 2 , 1 , = 28 ...
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... common in this coun- try . The female lays many eggs , and , se- creting her nest , sometimes will suddenly appear with a family of twenty young ones . It is a bird of harsh sound , and almost per- petually uttering it . The flesh of ...
... common in this coun- try . The female lays many eggs , and , se- creting her nest , sometimes will suddenly appear with a family of twenty young ones . It is a bird of harsh sound , and almost per- petually uttering it . The flesh of ...
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