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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... vessels should be made to fit tight by grinding , as any lute is liable to contaminate the product . As this acid still holds in solution more or less nitrous gas , it is not , in fact , nitric acid , but a kind of nitrous : it is ...
... vessels should be made to fit tight by grinding , as any lute is liable to contaminate the product . As this acid still holds in solution more or less nitrous gas , it is not , in fact , nitric acid , but a kind of nitrous : it is ...
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... vessels not being luted , but merely joined by paper ; and to apply a very gentle heat for several hours , changing ... vessel must be left open : or by dis- tilling nitric acid with an equal weight , or rather more , of common salt ...
... vessels not being luted , but merely joined by paper ; and to apply a very gentle heat for several hours , changing ... vessel must be left open : or by dis- tilling nitric acid with an equal weight , or rather more , of common salt ...
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... vessel . These booms are laid upon the forecastle nearly to the quarter - deck , where their after - ends are usually sustained by a frame , called the gallows , which consists of two strong posts , about six feet high , with a cross ...
... vessel . These booms are laid upon the forecastle nearly to the quarter - deck , where their after - ends are usually sustained by a frame , called the gallows , which consists of two strong posts , about six feet high , with a cross ...
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... vessel , by rowing . 0 . quadrangular , and slender pyramid , raised as an ornament , and frequently charged either with inscriptions or hieroglyphics . OBJECT , in philosophy , something ap- prehended , or presented to the mind , by ...
... vessel , by rowing . 0 . quadrangular , and slender pyramid , raised as an ornament , and frequently charged either with inscriptions or hieroglyphics . OBJECT , in philosophy , something ap- prehended , or presented to the mind , by ...
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... vessel containing phosphorus immersed in oil . The various purposes to which fixed oils are applied , are too well ... vessels . The oil collects on the surface of the water , from which it may be easily separated . water itself is of ...
... vessel containing phosphorus immersed in oil . The various purposes to which fixed oils are applied , are too well ... vessels . The oil collects on the surface of the water , from which it may be easily separated . water itself is of ...
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