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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... oxygen from the acid may be con- verted into arsenic acid ; a solution of ni . liquor evaporated by a very gentle heat but not quite to dryness . Alcohol poured into this solution precipitates every salt , but the nitrate of nickel ...
... oxygen from the acid may be con- verted into arsenic acid ; a solution of ni . liquor evaporated by a very gentle heat but not quite to dryness . Alcohol poured into this solution precipitates every salt , but the nitrate of nickel ...
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... oxygen gas . There are twelve nitrates , of which the most important is the nitrate of potash , or nitre : this salt , known also by the name of salt - petre , is produced natu- rally in considerable quantities , particularly in Egpyt ...
... oxygen gas . There are twelve nitrates , of which the most important is the nitrate of potash , or nitre : this salt , known also by the name of salt - petre , is produced natu- rally in considerable quantities , particularly in Egpyt ...
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... oxygen gas be presented to azote at the instant of its disengagement , nitric acid is formed . This seems to explain the ori- gin of the acid in these beds . The azote , disengaged from these putrifying animal substances , combines with ...
... oxygen gas be presented to azote at the instant of its disengagement , nitric acid is formed . This seems to explain the ori- gin of the acid in these beds . The azote , disengaged from these putrifying animal substances , combines with ...
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... oxygen , and 29,5 of azote , or nitrogen . If these gases be mixed in this proportion in a glass tube , about a line in diameter , over mercury , and a series of electric shocks be passed through them for some hours , they will form ...
... oxygen , and 29,5 of azote , or nitrogen . If these gases be mixed in this proportion in a glass tube , about a line in diameter , over mercury , and a series of electric shocks be passed through them for some hours , they will form ...
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... oxygen . The strongest acid that Mr. Kirwan could procure at 60 ° was 1.5543 , which by his calculation contained .7354 of real acid ; but Rouelle professes to have obtained it of 1.583 . It is observable , that , on com- paring the ...
... oxygen . The strongest acid that Mr. Kirwan could procure at 60 ° was 1.5543 , which by his calculation contained .7354 of real acid ; but Rouelle professes to have obtained it of 1.583 . It is observable , that , on com- paring the ...
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