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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... potash ; crystals of alum and of sulphate of iron usually form to- gether . The composition of alum has been but lately understood with accuracy . It has been long known , indeed , that one of its in- gredients is sulphuric acid ; and ...
... potash ; crystals of alum and of sulphate of iron usually form to- gether . The composition of alum has been but lately understood with accuracy . It has been long known , indeed , that one of its in- gredients is sulphuric acid ; and ...
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... potash also acts an essential part . Perhaps it produces a sudden increase of tempera- ture by the absorption and solidification of water from the atmosphere . A new process for making alum is used at some works , for which we are ...
... potash also acts an essential part . Perhaps it produces a sudden increase of tempera- ture by the absorption and solidification of water from the atmosphere . A new process for making alum is used at some works , for which we are ...
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... potash , ( in the state of crude tartar , ) and one - third of nitrate of potash deprived of its water of crystallization . The mixture must be projected by spoonfuls , into a red- hot crucible ; and the detonated mass poured into an ...
... potash , ( in the state of crude tartar , ) and one - third of nitrate of potash deprived of its water of crystallization . The mixture must be projected by spoonfuls , into a red- hot crucible ; and the detonated mass poured into an ...
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... potash . It is composed of 18 oxygen , and 814 metal . That formed by the action of nitric acid on antimony , contains 77 metal , and 23 oxygen . See ORES , analysis of . ANTINOMIANS , in church history , a sect of Christians , who ...
... potash . It is composed of 18 oxygen , and 814 metal . That formed by the action of nitric acid on antimony , contains 77 metal , and 23 oxygen . See ORES , analysis of . ANTINOMIANS , in church history , a sect of Christians , who ...
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... potash , the arseniates of soda , lime , & c . They are distinguished by the following pro- perty : when heated with charcoal powder , they are decomposed , and the arsenic sub- limes . These salts have not hitherto been applied to any ...
... potash , the arseniates of soda , lime , & c . They are distinguished by the following pro- perty : when heated with charcoal powder , they are decomposed , and the arsenic sub- limes . These salts have not hitherto been applied to any ...
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