The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... action of the sulphur on the nitre . By the application of the heat , the sulphur and potash form a sulphuret , which is com- bustible at a lower heat probably than even sulphur . Sulphurated hydrogen gas , azotic gas , and perhaps also ...
... action of the sulphur on the nitre . By the application of the heat , the sulphur and potash form a sulphuret , which is com- bustible at a lower heat probably than even sulphur . Sulphurated hydrogen gas , azotic gas , and perhaps also ...
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... action on them is very powerful . He does not mention the specific gravity of this acid : he only says , that it was prepared by first expelling the water of crystallization from nitre by heat , and then decomposing this nitre by means ...
... action on them is very powerful . He does not mention the specific gravity of this acid : he only says , that it was prepared by first expelling the water of crystallization from nitre by heat , and then decomposing this nitre by means ...
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... action , and may be as well before as after a ver- dict , and is stronger against the plaintiff than a nonsuit , which is only a default in appearance ; but this is a voluntary acknow- ledgment that he has no cause of action . In ...
... action , and may be as well before as after a ver- dict , and is stronger against the plaintiff than a nonsuit , which is only a default in appearance ; but this is a voluntary acknow- ledgment that he has no cause of action . In ...
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... action to enforce it ; and where a creditor neglects to make his claim upon a bankrupt's estate within a certain period , he will not be let in afterwards , so as to disturb the dividend , and may lose his estate . Non - claim is gene ...
... action to enforce it ; and where a creditor neglects to make his claim upon a bankrupt's estate within a certain period , he will not be let in afterwards , so as to disturb the dividend , and may lose his estate . Non - claim is gene ...
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... action on the case for damages , and for a public nuisance by indictment . Amongst the nuisances which most com- monly occur are the erecting of noxious manufactures in towns , and in the vicinity of ancient houses ; such as the ...
... action on the case for damages , and for a public nuisance by indictment . Amongst the nuisances which most com- monly occur are the erecting of noxious manufactures in towns , and in the vicinity of ancient houses ; such as the ...
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