The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... ammonia ; the third , is a mixture or combination of these two , and contains both potash and ammonia . It is the most common of all ; doubtless , be- cause the alum - makers use both urine and muriate of potash to crystallize their ...
... ammonia ; the third , is a mixture or combination of these two , and contains both potash and ammonia . It is the most common of all ; doubtless , be- cause the alum - makers use both urine and muriate of potash to crystallize their ...
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... ammonia as long as any precipitate is formed . Decant off the fluid part , and wash the precipitate iin a large quantity of water , and then allow ft to dry . The substance thus obtained is alamina ; not however in a state of absolute ...
... ammonia as long as any precipitate is formed . Decant off the fluid part , and wash the precipitate iin a large quantity of water , and then allow ft to dry . The substance thus obtained is alamina ; not however in a state of absolute ...
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... ammonia is also capable of dissolving a very minute proportion of newly preci- pitated alumina . Barytes aud strontian also combine with alumina , both when heated with it in a crucible , and when boiled with it in water . The result ...
... ammonia is also capable of dissolving a very minute proportion of newly preci- pitated alumina . Barytes aud strontian also combine with alumina , both when heated with it in a crucible , and when boiled with it in water . The result ...
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... AMMONIA , in chemistry . Volatile al- kali , in its purest form , subsists in a state of gas , and was thought , till the late experi- ments of Mr. Davy , to be composed of azote and hydrogen . It may be obtained in the following manner ...
... AMMONIA , in chemistry . Volatile al- kali , in its purest form , subsists in a state of gas , and was thought , till the late experi- ments of Mr. Davy , to be composed of azote and hydrogen . It may be obtained in the following manner ...
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... ammonia is composed of 74.63 water . 25.37 ammonia . 100.00 Charcoal absorbs ammoniacal gas , but does not alter its properties while cold . But when the gas is made to pass through red hot charcoal , part of the charcoal combines with ...
... ammonia is composed of 74.63 water . 25.37 ammonia . 100.00 Charcoal absorbs ammoniacal gas , but does not alter its properties while cold . But when the gas is made to pass through red hot charcoal , part of the charcoal combines with ...
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