A Dictionary of Chemistry, on the Basis of Mr. Nicholson's: In which the Principles of the Science are Investigated Anew, and Its Applications to the Phenomena of Nature, Medicine, Mineralogy, Agriculture, and Manufactures, Detailed, Volume 1 |
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... alumina , silica , glucina , zirconia , yttria , and thorina . Let him now peruse the general articles acid and salt ; and then the non- metallic oxygen acids , with their subjoined salts , in the following order : - sulphuric ...
... alumina , silica , glucina , zirconia , yttria , and thorina . Let him now peruse the general articles acid and salt ; and then the non- metallic oxygen acids , with their subjoined salts , in the following order : - sulphuric ...
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... enabled him , not only to prevent various new er- rors , but to correct many previously existing in the original English copy . DICTIONARY OF CHEMISTRY . Alumina causes a dryness of 84 N. B. The Articles with the asterisk (*)...
... enabled him , not only to prevent various new er- rors , but to correct many previously existing in the original English copy . DICTIONARY OF CHEMISTRY . Alumina causes a dryness of 84 N. B. The Articles with the asterisk (*)...
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... Alumina causes a dryness of 84 degrees . into water , it is absorbed , and muriatic acid is formed ; if carbonic acid gas and ammoniacal gas be brought into contact , absorption takes place , and solid carbo- nate of ammonia is produced ...
... Alumina causes a dryness of 84 degrees . into water , it is absorbed , and muriatic acid is formed ; if carbonic acid gas and ammoniacal gas be brought into contact , absorption takes place , and solid carbo- nate of ammonia is produced ...
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... alumina ; but it will have only very minute traces of manganese and iron , a circumstance of essential importance . 3. The barytes , divided by a knife into pieces as large as the end of the thumb , should then be placed in a luted tube ...
... alumina ; but it will have only very minute traces of manganese and iron , a circumstance of essential importance . 3. The barytes , divided by a knife into pieces as large as the end of the thumb , should then be placed in a luted tube ...
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... ALUMINA . Acetate of zircone may be formed by pouring acetic acid on newly precipitated zircone . It has an astringent taste . It does not crystallize ; but , when evaporated to dryness , forms a powder , which does not attract moisture ...
... ALUMINA . Acetate of zircone may be formed by pouring acetic acid on newly precipitated zircone . It has an astringent taste . It does not crystallize ; but , when evaporated to dryness , forms a powder , which does not attract moisture ...
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Page 11 - Monge has discovered that the pyroligneous acid obtained from the distillation of wood has the property of preventing the decomposition and putrefaction of animal substances. It is sufficient to plunge meat for a few moments into this acid, even slightly empyreumatic, to preserve it as long as you please.
Page 11 - The crude pyrolignous acid is rectified by a second distillation in a copper still, in the body of which about 20 gallons of viscid tarry matter are left from every 100. It has now become a transparent brown vinegar, having a considerable empyrcumatic smell, and a sp.