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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... compound has a yellow colour with some brilliancy . It is brittle and hard , and burns when strongly heated in contact with the air . Nickel is also dissolved by the alkaline sulphurets . With phosphorus , nickel unites , either by ...
... compound has a yellow colour with some brilliancy . It is brittle and hard , and burns when strongly heated in contact with the air . Nickel is also dissolved by the alkaline sulphurets . With phosphorus , nickel unites , either by ...
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... compounds , formed by means of nitre , is gunpowder , which has completely changed the modern art of war . The discoverer of this compound , and the person who first thought of applying it to the purposes of war , are unknown . It is ...
... compounds , formed by means of nitre , is gunpowder , which has completely changed the modern art of war . The discoverer of this compound , and the person who first thought of applying it to the purposes of war , are unknown . It is ...
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... compound made by mixing two parts of the nitric acid with one of muriatic , known formerly by the name of aqua regia , and now by that of nitro - muriatic acid , has the property of dissolving gold and platina . On mixing the two acids ...
... compound made by mixing two parts of the nitric acid with one of muriatic , known formerly by the name of aqua regia , and now by that of nitro - muriatic acid , has the property of dissolving gold and platina . On mixing the two acids ...
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... Compound number , one divisible by some other number besides unity ; as 12 , which is divisible by 2 , 3 , 4 , and 6. Numbers , as 12 and 15 , which have some common mea . sure besides unity , are said to be compound numbers among ...
... Compound number , one divisible by some other number besides unity ; as 12 , which is divisible by 2 , 3 , 4 , and 6. Numbers , as 12 and 15 , which have some common mea . sure besides unity , are said to be compound numbers among ...
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... compound ; ca- lyx common , one - leafed , unequally toothed , closed by a common receptacle , flowering above , seeding below , falling when ripe . There are three species . OPHIDIUM , in natural history , a genus of fishes of the ...
... compound ; ca- lyx common , one - leafed , unequally toothed , closed by a common receptacle , flowering above , seeding below , falling when ripe . There are three species . OPHIDIUM , in natural history , a genus of fishes of the ...
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