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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... solution . Berg- man found it to be composed of nickel , iron , cobalt , arsenic , and sulphur . Vau- quelin regards it as essentially an alloy of nickel and arsenic , the iron , cobalt , and sulphur , being accidental . The other ...
... solution . Berg- man found it to be composed of nickel , iron , cobalt , arsenic , and sulphur . Vau- quelin regards it as essentially an alloy of nickel and arsenic , the iron , cobalt , and sulphur , being accidental . The other ...
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... solutions being gene . rally of a green colour and crystallizable . The salts of nickel are decomposed by the alkalies , and the oxide , more or less free from the acid , is thrown down . If the alkalies are added in excess , they re ...
... solutions being gene . rally of a green colour and crystallizable . The salts of nickel are decomposed by the alkalies , and the oxide , more or less free from the acid , is thrown down . If the alkalies are added in excess , they re ...
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... solution of potash be present with them , nitrate of potash will be obtained . The constitution of this acid may be further proved , analytically , by driving it through a red - hot porcelain tube , as thus it will be decomposed into ...
... solution of potash be present with them , nitrate of potash will be obtained . The constitution of this acid may be further proved , analytically , by driving it through a red - hot porcelain tube , as thus it will be decomposed into ...
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... solution , though the nitre will remain suspended by virtue of the heat . The com- mon salt thus separated is taken out with a perforated ladle , and a small quantity of the fluid is cooled , from time to time , that its concentration ...
... solution , though the nitre will remain suspended by virtue of the heat . The com- mon salt thus separated is taken out with a perforated ladle , and a small quantity of the fluid is cooled , from time to time , that its concentration ...
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... solutions of the metals , or of the earths , except barytes , by soda ; by lixiviating and crystallizing the residuum of ... solution be boiled down to a syrupy consistence , and exposed in a cool place , it crystallizes in long prisms ...
... solutions of the metals , or of the earths , except barytes , by soda ; by lixiviating and crystallizing the residuum of ... solution be boiled down to a syrupy consistence , and exposed in a cool place , it crystallizes in long prisms ...
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