British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... acid the ether is freed , by subjecting it to a second distillation with a very gentle heat applied by a water - bath , pure pot- ash being previously added to it , in the proportion of two drachms to each pound ; this attracts the ...
... acid the ether is freed , by subjecting it to a second distillation with a very gentle heat applied by a water - bath , pure pot- ash being previously added to it , in the proportion of two drachms to each pound ; this attracts the ...
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... acid , but it can with facility from the oxymuriatic ; it is like- wise formed with great rapidity by the nitric acid ; neither of which can exert a strong disposing affinity to water , though both very readily part with their oxygen ...
... acid , but it can with facility from the oxymuriatic ; it is like- wise formed with great rapidity by the nitric acid ; neither of which can exert a strong disposing affinity to water , though both very readily part with their oxygen ...
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... acid : the residual water generally gives indica- tions too of sulphuric acid , which may either be adventitious , or perhaps is es- sential to the constitution of this species of ether . From its high inflammability , its vapour ...
... acid : the residual water generally gives indica- tions too of sulphuric acid , which may either be adventitious , or perhaps is es- sential to the constitution of this species of ether . From its high inflammability , its vapour ...
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... acid is decomposed ; nitric oxide gas is disengaged ; and Pelletier found that the decomposition was complete , ni- tric acid not being discoverable , either in the liquor which passed over , or in the residuum . It is also proved ...
... acid is decomposed ; nitric oxide gas is disengaged ; and Pelletier found that the decomposition was complete , ni- tric acid not being discoverable , either in the liquor which passed over , or in the residuum . It is also proved ...
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... acid . ( Annales de Chimie , tom . xi . p . 123. ) Fluoric ether has been said to be form- ed by putting fluate of lime , previously ignited and in powder , into a retort , with equal weights of alcohol and sulphuric acid , and ...
... acid . ( Annales de Chimie , tom . xi . p . 123. ) Fluoric ether has been said to be form- ed by putting fluate of lime , previously ignited and in powder , into a retort , with equal weights of alcohol and sulphuric acid , and ...
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