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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... bodies display a pre - eminent activity of combination , an intense affinity for most of the other forty - nine bodies , which they corrode , penetrate , and dissolve ; or , by uniting with them , so impair their cohesive force , that ...
... bodies display a pre - eminent activity of combination , an intense affinity for most of the other forty - nine bodies , which they corrode , penetrate , and dissolve ; or , by uniting with them , so impair their cohesive force , that ...
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... bodies have , with the exception of azote ( the solitary incombustible ) , been grouped under the generic name of combustibles . But in reality combustion is independent of the agency of all these bodies , and therefore combustion may ...
... bodies have , with the exception of azote ( the solitary incombustible ) , been grouped under the generic name of combustibles . But in reality combustion is independent of the agency of all these bodies , and therefore combustion may ...
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... bodies , and the permanent changes of constitution , to which their mutual actions give rise.t This diversity in the nature of bodies is derived either from the AGGRE- GATION or COMPOSITION of their integrant particles . The state of ...
... bodies , and the permanent changes of constitution , to which their mutual actions give rise.t This diversity in the nature of bodies is derived either from the AGGRE- GATION or COMPOSITION of their integrant particles . The state of ...
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... bodies , in various degrees of force . Hence the term Absorbent merits a place in chemical no- menclature . The substance whose absorbent power is to be examined , after thorough desicca- tion before a fire , is to be immediately ...
... bodies , in various degrees of force . Hence the term Absorbent merits a place in chemical no- menclature . The substance whose absorbent power is to be examined , after thorough desicca- tion before a fire , is to be immediately ...
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... bodies , it is changed into an incombusti- ble substance , and becomes one of those bodies called acids . " This property of a combustible sub- stance , to be converted into an acid by the addition of oxygen , we shall presently find ...
... bodies , it is changed into an incombusti- ble substance , and becomes one of those bodies called acids . " This property of a combustible sub- stance , to be converted into an acid by the addition of oxygen , we shall presently find ...
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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.