The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 10Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1818 - Natural history |
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... phosphoric acid ; so that it is a compound of phosphorus and oxygen . The phosphoric acid was first shewn to be distinct from all other acids , in the year 1743 , by Margraaff . He found that it existed in the salts which were taken ...
... phosphoric acid ; so that it is a compound of phosphorus and oxygen . The phosphoric acid was first shewn to be distinct from all other acids , in the year 1743 , by Margraaff . He found that it existed in the salts which were taken ...
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... phosphorus is obtain with phosphorus , and hence it went un- ed . It is then in the form of a thick li- der the name of English phosphorus . In quid , adhering to the sides of the vessel . the year 1774 , the Swedish chemists , It ...
... phosphorus is obtain with phosphorus , and hence it went un- ed . It is then in the form of a thick li- der the name of English phosphorus . In quid , adhering to the sides of the vessel . the year 1774 , the Swedish chemists , It ...
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... phosphorus into it . Immerse the fun- nel in boiling water , and when the phos- phorus is melted , and flows into the tube of the funnel , then plunge it into cold water , and when the phosphorus has be- come solid , remove the cork ...
... phosphorus into it . Immerse the fun- nel in boiling water , and when the phos- phorus is melted , and flows into the tube of the funnel , then plunge it into cold water , and when the phosphorus has be- come solid , remove the cork ...
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