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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... obtained by means of artificial nitre - beds . These consist of the refuse of animal and vege- table bodies , undergoing putrefaction , mixed with calcareous and other earths . It has been ascertained , that if oxygen gas be presented ...
... obtained by means of artificial nitre - beds . These consist of the refuse of animal and vege- table bodies , undergoing putrefaction , mixed with calcareous and other earths . It has been ascertained , that if oxygen gas be presented ...
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... obtained from animals ; such as train oil , as it is called , which is extract- ed from the fat or blubber of the whale . Fixed oil is obtained also in great abun- dance from the livers of animals , and is found to exist in the eggs of ...
... obtained from animals ; such as train oil , as it is called , which is extract- ed from the fat or blubber of the whale . Fixed oil is obtained also in great abun- dance from the livers of animals , and is found to exist in the eggs of ...
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... obtained pure by dissolving calcined bone in muriatic acid , and by precipitating it by ammonia . If the ammonia be quite free from carbonic acid , no muriate of lime is decomposed . M. Chenevix also found that his precipi- tate is ...
... obtained pure by dissolving calcined bone in muriatic acid , and by precipitating it by ammonia . If the ammonia be quite free from carbonic acid , no muriate of lime is decomposed . M. Chenevix also found that his precipi- tate is ...
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