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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... proportions , are capable , under particular circumstances , of combining chemically , into one of the most powerful ... proportion in a glass tube , about a line in diameter , over mercury , and a series of electric shocks be passed ...
... proportions , are capable , under particular circumstances , of combining chemically , into one of the most powerful ... proportion in a glass tube , about a line in diameter , over mercury , and a series of electric shocks be passed ...
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... proportion of oxy- gen than the fixed oils , and yield a greater quantity of water . This arises from a greater proportion of hydrogen , and a smal- ler quantity of carbon , which they contain , The volatile oils are in some degree ...
... proportion of oxy- gen than the fixed oils , and yield a greater quantity of water . This arises from a greater proportion of hydrogen , and a smal- ler quantity of carbon , which they contain , The volatile oils are in some degree ...
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... proportion of 9 to 1. Specimens of the common and semi - opal have been analysed and found to consist as follows : 1 Common Opal . Silica ............ 98.75 ............ Alumina Oxide of iron ... Water .......... 0.1 0.1 0.0 98.95 Loss ...
... proportion of 9 to 1. Specimens of the common and semi - opal have been analysed and found to consist as follows : 1 Common Opal . Silica ............ 98.75 ............ Alumina Oxide of iron ... Water .......... 0.1 0.1 0.0 98.95 Loss ...
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... proportion to the common heat of the sun , as the area of the glass is to the area of the focus . Hence we see the reason why a convex glass causes the sun's rays to burn after passing through it . See BURNING glass . All those rays ...
... proportion to the common heat of the sun , as the area of the glass is to the area of the focus . Hence we see the reason why a convex glass causes the sun's rays to burn after passing through it . See BURNING glass . All those rays ...
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... proportion of the rays of the predominant colour to those of the others , in the reflected light , will be greater than in the incident light ; but when the body is placed in a light of a different co- lour from its own , for a similar ...
... proportion of the rays of the predominant colour to those of the others , in the reflected light , will be greater than in the incident light ; but when the body is placed in a light of a different co- lour from its own , for a similar ...
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