The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1818 - Natural history |
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... acid still holds in solution more or less nitrous gas , it is not , in fact , nitric acid , but a kind of nitrous : it is therefore necessary to put it into a retort , to which a receiver is added , the two vessels not being luted , but ...
... acid still holds in solution more or less nitrous gas , it is not , in fact , nitric acid , but a kind of nitrous : it is therefore necessary to put it into a retort , to which a receiver is added , the two vessels not being luted , but ...
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... acid , which will throw down an oxide of tin . Let this be redissolved by an excess of muri- atic acid ; again precipitated by carbon- ate of soda ; and being dried and weigh- ed , let it , after lixiviation , be once more dissolved in ...
... acid , which will throw down an oxide of tin . Let this be redissolved by an excess of muri- atic acid ; again precipitated by carbon- ate of soda ; and being dried and weigh- ed , let it , after lixiviation , be once more dissolved in ...
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... acid , while the carbonic acid combines with the mag- nesia . The large quantity of water used is necessary for the solution of the sul phate of potash formed ; and the boiling is indispensably requisite for the expul . sion of a ...
... acid , while the carbonic acid combines with the mag- nesia . The large quantity of water used is necessary for the solution of the sul phate of potash formed ; and the boiling is indispensably requisite for the expul . sion of a ...
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