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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... substances , combines with the oxygen of the air . The potash is probably furnished , partly at least , by the vegetables and the soil . The nitre is extracted from these beds , by lixiviating the earthy matters with water . This water ...
... substances , combines with the oxygen of the air . The potash is probably furnished , partly at least , by the vegetables and the soil . The nitre is extracted from these beds , by lixiviating the earthy matters with water . This water ...
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... substances , such as dung , or other excrements , with the remains of ve- getables , and old mortar , or other loose cal- careous earth ; this substance being found to be the best and most convenient recep- tacle for the acid to combine ...
... substances , such as dung , or other excrements , with the remains of ve- getables , and old mortar , or other loose cal- careous earth ; this substance being found to be the best and most convenient recep- tacle for the acid to combine ...
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... substances . Two or three parts mixed with one of charcoal , and set on fire , burn rapidly ; azote and carbonic acid gas are given out , and a small portion of the latter is retained by the al- kaline residuum , which was formerly ...
... substances . Two or three parts mixed with one of charcoal , and set on fire , burn rapidly ; azote and carbonic acid gas are given out , and a small portion of the latter is retained by the al- kaline residuum , which was formerly ...
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... substances , when it is distinguished by the name of soap . Some of these oils be- come thick , opaque , white ... substances is disengaged . The oils which are obtained in this manner are very impure . They are mixed with mucilage , and ...
... substances , when it is distinguished by the name of soap . Some of these oils be- come thick , opaque , white ... substances is disengaged . The oils which are obtained in this manner are very impure . They are mixed with mucilage , and ...
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... substances ; or they are employed for giving light , by being burnt in lamps . They are used in medicine , either on account of the proper . ties which peculiar oils possess , or on ac . count of the properties they communicate to other ...
... substances ; or they are employed for giving light , by being burnt in lamps . They are used in medicine , either on account of the proper . ties which peculiar oils possess , or on ac . count of the properties they communicate to other ...
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absciss acid action ammonia angle animal appears axis benevolence body botany called calyx centre chyle circle class and order colour common compound connected consequently consists corolla degree distance distilled drupe Dubl earth ecliptic Edin effect employed equal Essential character feelings feet fixed flowers fluid fossil genus give glass heat Hence ideas inches instrument iron ject Jussieu kind less Lond manner matter means ment metal mind Monogynia class motion mucilage muriatic acid Natural order neral nitre nitric acid object observed organs organzine oxide oxygen parabola parallax parallel pass perpendicular person phosphorus piece plane plants Plate pleasures potash pound principle produced proportion quantity racter ratio rays receiver refraction screw seeds sensation sensible side solution species specific gravity square stances substances sulphur supposed surface term thing tincture tion Triandria tube vegetable vessels volatile weight