The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... sulphuric acid of the sulphate of lime . He was able with ease to bake much larger glasses than any before painted , by placing them on very smooth plates of earth or unglazed por- celain . Concerning the several particular Colours ...
... sulphuric acid of the sulphate of lime . He was able with ease to bake much larger glasses than any before painted , by placing them on very smooth plates of earth or unglazed por- celain . Concerning the several particular Colours ...
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... acid , from the action of which on alcohol it has originated , as the sulphuric , nitric , muriatic , or acetic ether . Sulphuric ether , has been longest known . The following is the process by which it is prepared . Upon a quantity of ...
... acid , from the action of which on alcohol it has originated , as the sulphuric , nitric , muriatic , or acetic ether . Sulphuric ether , has been longest known . The following is the process by which it is prepared . Upon a quantity of ...
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... sulphuric acid is decom- posed in the process by which ether is formed . But a few years ago it was affirm- ed by Fourcroy and Vauquelin , from a series of experiments which they under- took to elucidate this subject , that such a ...
... sulphuric acid is decom- posed in the process by which ether is formed . But a few years ago it was affirm- ed by Fourcroy and Vauquelin , from a series of experiments which they under- took to elucidate this subject , that such a ...
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... sulphuric ether from a fresh quantity of acid . Chemists are not agreed respecting its nature : Fourcroy and Vauquelin consider it as similar to ether , and that it differs from that fluid principally in containing a larger proportion ...
... sulphuric ether from a fresh quantity of acid . Chemists are not agreed respecting its nature : Fourcroy and Vauquelin consider it as similar to ether , and that it differs from that fluid principally in containing a larger proportion ...
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... acid en alcohol is so violent , that the formation ef nitric ether is extremely difficult , and requires ... sulphuric ether . It is ascertained , however , that even from the commencement of the pro- cess the acid is decomposed ; nitric ...
... acid en alcohol is so violent , that the formation ef nitric ether is extremely difficult , and requires ... sulphuric ether . It is ascertained , however , that even from the commencement of the pro- cess the acid is decomposed ; nitric ...
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