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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... fluid , lighter than at- mospheric air , so that the excess of the weight of an equal bulk of the latter above that of the inclosed elastic fluid be greater than the weight of the covering and its ap- pendages , the whole mass will , in ...
... fluid , lighter than at- mospheric air , so that the excess of the weight of an equal bulk of the latter above that of the inclosed elastic fluid be greater than the weight of the covering and its ap- pendages , the whole mass will , in ...
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... fluid , specifically lighter than common air , which was supposed to be dis- engaged from burning substances , and which has been commonly called Montgolfier's gas , as baloons of this kind have been deno- minated Montgolfiers . As soon ...
... fluid , specifically lighter than common air , which was supposed to be dis- engaged from burning substances , and which has been commonly called Montgolfier's gas , as baloons of this kind have been deno- minated Montgolfiers . As soon ...
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... fluids through red - hot tubes . In the first of these methods , iron , zinc , and sulphuric acid are the materials most commonly used . The acid must be diluted with five or six parts of water . Iron may be expected to yield in the ...
... fluids through red - hot tubes . In the first of these methods , iron , zinc , and sulphuric acid are the materials most commonly used . The acid must be diluted with five or six parts of water . Iron may be expected to yield in the ...
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... fluid , surrounding the globe of the earth . It is compounded prin- cipally of two gases , viz . oxygen and azote , together with a variety of other substances , suspended or dissolved therein . The me- chanical and chemical effects of ...
... fluid , surrounding the globe of the earth . It is compounded prin- cipally of two gases , viz . oxygen and azote , together with a variety of other substances , suspended or dissolved therein . The me- chanical and chemical effects of ...
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... fluids , and consequently of the air , corresponds to their perpendicular altitude , the longer these trunks are , so much the greater will be the difference between columns of air pressing at the bottom and at the top ; and of course ...
... fluids , and consequently of the air , corresponds to their perpendicular altitude , the longer these trunks are , so much the greater will be the difference between columns of air pressing at the bottom and at the top ; and of course ...
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