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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... earth , in India , South America , South Africa , and even in some parts of Spain . In Germany and France it is obtained by means of arti- ficial nitre - beds . These consist of the re- fuse of animal and vegetable bodies , under- going ...
... earth , in India , South America , South Africa , and even in some parts of Spain . In Germany and France it is obtained by means of arti- ficial nitre - beds . These consist of the re- fuse of animal and vegetable bodies , under- going ...
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... apt to vitrify with the earth of the crucible . It is so- luble in 12 parts of cold , and 3 or 4 of boil- ing water . It is said to exist in some mine , ral waters , The nitrate of potash is the salt well known by NITRIC ACID .
... apt to vitrify with the earth of the crucible . It is so- luble in 12 parts of cold , and 3 or 4 of boil- ing water . It is said to exist in some mine , ral waters , The nitrate of potash is the salt well known by NITRIC ACID .
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... earth ; this substance being found to be the best and most convenient recep- tacle for the acid to combine with . Occa- sional watering , and turning up from time to time , are necessary , to accelerate the process , and increase the ...
... earth ; this substance being found to be the best and most convenient recep- tacle for the acid to combine with . Occa- sional watering , and turning up from time to time , are necessary , to accelerate the process , and increase the ...
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... earth . Its form is either pulverulent , or a tenacious or ductile mass . Its taste is at first saccharine , and afterward astringent . It grows soft by ex- posure to heat , soon melts , its acid is de- composed into oxygen and azote ...
... earth . Its form is either pulverulent , or a tenacious or ductile mass . Its taste is at first saccharine , and afterward astringent . It grows soft by ex- posure to heat , soon melts , its acid is de- composed into oxygen and azote ...
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... earth does . From what has been said , it is evident that the Moon can never be observed pre- cisely in the ecliptic , but twice in every period ; that is , when she enters the nodes . When she is at her greatest distance from the nodes ...
... earth does . From what has been said , it is evident that the Moon can never be observed pre- cisely in the ecliptic , but twice in every period ; that is , when she enters the nodes . When she is at her greatest distance from the nodes ...
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