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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... heat attending the effervescence will be diminished , and the diluted acid will pass more readily through the interstices of the turnings , when they are heaped together , than through the filings , which stick closer to one another ...
... heat attending the effervescence will be diminished , and the diluted acid will pass more readily through the interstices of the turnings , when they are heaped together , than through the filings , which stick closer to one another ...
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... heat , which , by causing a diminution of the density of the air in one place , allows that which is in contact with it to rush in , and to be succeeded by a constant supply from remoter parts , till the air becomes every where equally ...
... heat , which , by causing a diminution of the density of the air in one place , allows that which is in contact with it to rush in , and to be succeeded by a constant supply from remoter parts , till the air becomes every where equally ...
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... heat of the temperature of 170 ° , and by alcohol . 3. Dis- solved in water , it is precipitated by the in- fusion of tan ; and also in the form of white powder by the salts of most of the white metals , as silver , mercury , lead , and ...
... heat of the temperature of 170 ° , and by alcohol . 3. Dis- solved in water , it is precipitated by the in- fusion of tan ; and also in the form of white powder by the salts of most of the white metals , as silver , mercury , lead , and ...
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... heat of the hand . It is converted into vapour at the temperature of 55 ° of Fahrenheit , and it boils at 165 ° . It has never been frozen by any degree of cold , natural or artificial , and on this account it has been much used in the ...
... heat of the hand . It is converted into vapour at the temperature of 55 ° of Fahrenheit , and it boils at 165 ° . It has never been frozen by any degree of cold , natural or artificial , and on this account it has been much used in the ...
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... heat which it gives during combustion , makes it a valuable material for burning in lamps . ALCORAN , or ALKORAN , the name of a book held equally sacred among the Maho- metans as the bible is among Christians . The word alcorun ...
... heat which it gives during combustion , makes it a valuable material for burning in lamps . ALCORAN , or ALKORAN , the name of a book held equally sacred among the Maho- metans as the bible is among Christians . The word alcorun ...
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