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... acid when digested in nitric acid . , and therefore cannot require a greater . For a man t conceive of a greater certainty than that any idea us mind is such as he perceives it to be , and that two eas , wherein he perceives a ...
... acid when digested in nitric acid . , and therefore cannot require a greater . For a man t conceive of a greater certainty than that any idea us mind is such as he perceives it to be , and that two eas , wherein he perceives a ...
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... acid and binoxide of manganese , by which the iodine is set free , the decom- position being analogous to that by which chlorine is ob- tained by the same agency from common salt . Iodine is a soft opaque solid , of a bluish - black ...
... acid and binoxide of manganese , by which the iodine is set free , the decom- position being analogous to that by which chlorine is ob- tained by the same agency from common salt . Iodine is a soft opaque solid , of a bluish - black ...
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... acid , and iodine is set free . áction of iodine upon what he called euchlorine gas . It is composed of tter process has however been proposed by Mr. Connell , hich consists in heating the iodine in the strongest nitric acid . For this ...
... acid , and iodine is set free . áction of iodine upon what he called euchlorine gas . It is composed of tter process has however been proposed by Mr. Connell , hich consists in heating the iodine in the strongest nitric acid . For this ...
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... acid . grains of native platinum are digested in nascent chlorine ( aqua regia ) , a black powder is left after the platinum has been dissolved , which consists chiefly of iridium and another peculiar metal , osmium [ OSMIUM ] ; some ...
... acid . grains of native platinum are digested in nascent chlorine ( aqua regia ) , a black powder is left after the platinum has been dissolved , which consists chiefly of iridium and another peculiar metal , osmium [ OSMIUM ] ; some ...
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... acids or nascent chlorine ; but when the hy- drated protoxide is digested in hydrochloric acid a solution is obtained which appears to be the protochloride dissolved in hydrochloric acid . It is composed of 1 equivalent of chlorine 36 ...
... acids or nascent chlorine ; but when the hy- drated protoxide is digested in hydrochloric acid a solution is obtained which appears to be the protochloride dissolved in hydrochloric acid . It is composed of 1 equivalent of chlorine 36 ...
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