The British Encyclopedia, Or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge : Illustrated with Upwards of 150 Elegant Engravings. N - R. 5Longman, 1809 - 680 pages |
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Page 5
... employed six years , and was prevented by his death from proceeding to the completion of the intended second and third parts , relating to the effects of reflec- tion from plane , cylindrical , and conical mirrors , and the refraction ...
... employed six years , and was prevented by his death from proceeding to the completion of the intended second and third parts , relating to the effects of reflec- tion from plane , cylindrical , and conical mirrors , and the refraction ...
Page 10
... employed either by chemists or artists : it is obtained by decomposing it by means of the sulphuric acid . When burnt with tartar , it yields a pure carbo- nate of potash . In the assaying of various ores it is indispensable , and is ...
... employed either by chemists or artists : it is obtained by decomposing it by means of the sulphuric acid . When burnt with tartar , it yields a pure carbo- nate of potash . In the assaying of various ores it is indispensable , and is ...
Page 11
... employed also in many arts , as in dying ; and in domestic economy , for the preservation of animal substances used for food . To these sub- stances it imparts a red colour . See NI- TROUS acid ; also GUNPOWDER . NITRIC acid . The two ...
... employed also in many arts , as in dying ; and in domestic economy , for the preservation of animal substances used for food . To these sub- stances it imparts a red colour . See NI- TROUS acid ; also GUNPOWDER . NITRIC acid . The two ...
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... employed in pressing out the oil , or the bruised seeds are exposed to the vapour of water , and sometimes they are ... employed to separate the mucilage ; lime and the alkalies are also used to combine with an acid which holds this ...
... employed in pressing out the oil , or the bruised seeds are exposed to the vapour of water , and sometimes they are ... employed to separate the mucilage ; lime and the alkalies are also used to combine with an acid which holds this ...
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... employ- ed in domestic economy , either as articles of food , and for this purpose are used alone , or in combination with other substances ; or they are employed for giving light , by being burnt in lamps . They are used in medicine ...
... employ- ed in domestic economy , either as articles of food , and for this purpose are used alone , or in combination with other substances ; or they are employed for giving light , by being burnt in lamps . They are used in medicine ...
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