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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... platina , sig- nifying little silver , from the word plata , which is Spanish for silver . Platina has been found among the gold ores of South America , and more particularly in the mine of Santa Fe near Carthagena , and in the district ...
... platina , sig- nifying little silver , from the word plata , which is Spanish for silver . Platina has been found among the gold ores of South America , and more particularly in the mine of Santa Fe near Carthagena , and in the district ...
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... platina is only about 10 . Platina combines with many of the me- tals , and forms with them alloys , some of which are of considerable importance in the working of this metal . Platina forms an alloy with arsenic , which is brittle and ...
... platina is only about 10 . Platina combines with many of the me- tals , and forms with them alloys , some of which are of considerable importance in the working of this metal . Platina forms an alloy with arsenic , which is brittle and ...
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... platina , a metal not fusible even at very intense heats , is employed as the mea- sure of expansion . A rod or plate of this metal is placed horizontally in a groove framed in a mass of hardened white clay ; one extremity of the rod is ...
... platina , a metal not fusible even at very intense heats , is employed as the mea- sure of expansion . A rod or plate of this metal is placed horizontally in a groove framed in a mass of hardened white clay ; one extremity of the rod is ...
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