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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... employed in domestic economy , either as articles of food , and for this purpose are used alone , or in combination with other substances ; or they are employed In this for giving light , by being burnt in lamps . They are used in ...
... employed in domestic economy , either as articles of food , and for this purpose are used alone , or in combination with other substances ; or they are employed In this for giving light , by being burnt in lamps . They are used in ...
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... employed . Infusion is employed to extract the vir tues of aromatic and volatile substances , which would be dissipated by decoction , and destroyed by maceration , and to se parate substances of easy solution from others which are less ...
... employed . Infusion is employed to extract the vir tues of aromatic and volatile substances , which would be dissipated by decoction , and destroyed by maceration , and to se parate substances of easy solution from others which are less ...
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... employed in a different and more limited sense , as the name for a peculiar princi- ple , which is often , indeed , contained in extracts , and which before had no proper appellation . It is in the former sense that we employ it here ...
... employed in a different and more limited sense , as the name for a peculiar princi- ple , which is often , indeed , contained in extracts , and which before had no proper appellation . It is in the former sense that we employ it here ...
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