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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... sulphur . Vau- quelin regards it as essentially an alloy of nickel and arsenic , the iron , cobalt , and sulphur , being accidental . The other species , the oxide of nickel , occurs generally as an incrustation , some- times also ...
... sulphur . Vau- quelin regards it as essentially an alloy of nickel and arsenic , the iron , cobalt , and sulphur , being accidental . The other species , the oxide of nickel , occurs generally as an incrustation , some- times also ...
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... sulphur by fusion . The compound has a yellow colour with some brilliancy . It is brittle and hard , and burns when strongly heated in contact with the air . Nickel is also dissolved by the alkaline sulphurets . With phosphorus , nickel ...
... sulphur by fusion . The compound has a yellow colour with some brilliancy . It is brittle and hard , and burns when strongly heated in contact with the air . Nickel is also dissolved by the alkaline sulphurets . With phosphorus , nickel ...
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... sulphur , all pre- viously well dried , are mixed together in a warm mortar , the resulting compound is known by the name of fulminating powder , If a little of this powder be put into an iron spoon , and placed upon burning coals , or ...
... sulphur , all pre- viously well dried , are mixed together in a warm mortar , the resulting compound is known by the name of fulminating powder , If a little of this powder be put into an iron spoon , and placed upon burning coals , or ...
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... sulphur on the nitre , By the application of the heat , the sulphur and potash form a sulphuret , which is com- bustible at a lower heat probably than even sulphur . Sulphurated hydrogen gas , azotic gas , and perhaps also sulphurous ...
... sulphur on the nitre , By the application of the heat , the sulphur and potash form a sulphuret , which is com- bustible at a lower heat probably than even sulphur . Sulphurated hydrogen gas , azotic gas , and perhaps also sulphurous ...
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... sulphur it is decomposed , and its oxygen , uniting with the sulphur , forms sulphuric acid . Chemists in general agree , that it acts very powerfully on almost all the me- tals : but Baumé has asserted , that it will not dissolve tin ...
... sulphur it is decomposed , and its oxygen , uniting with the sulphur , forms sulphuric acid . Chemists in general agree , that it acts very powerfully on almost all the me- tals : but Baumé has asserted , that it will not dissolve tin ...
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