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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... charcoal , & c . A larger space was al- lotted to the separation of silver , under the articles silver , parting , and as- say , than was dedicated to all the gases and earths . The article CALORIC was meagre and vapid , while ...
... charcoal , & c . A larger space was al- lotted to the separation of silver , under the articles silver , parting , and as- say , than was dedicated to all the gases and earths . The article CALORIC was meagre and vapid , while ...
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... charcoal removed , and a new charge of wood is introduced . The average product of crude vinegar called pyrolignous acid is 35 gallons . It is much contaminated with tar ; is of a deep brown colour ; and has a sp . gr . of 1.025 . Its ...
... charcoal removed , and a new charge of wood is introduced . The average product of crude vinegar called pyrolignous acid is 35 gallons . It is much contaminated with tar ; is of a deep brown colour ; and has a sp . gr . of 1.025 . Its ...
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... charcoal with common vinegar , and then distilling . The water easily comes off , and is separated at first ; but a stronger heat is required to expel the om the relieve nervous headaches , fainting fits , or sickness occasioned by ...
... charcoal with common vinegar , and then distilling . The water easily comes off , and is separated at first ; but a stronger heat is required to expel the om the relieve nervous headaches , fainting fits , or sickness occasioned by ...
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... charcoal , the mixture in- troduced into a glass retort , coated , and a matrass adapted to it ; and the retort then gradually heated in a reverberatory furnace , till the bottom is red ; the mass will be in- flamed violently , and the ...
... charcoal , the mixture in- troduced into a glass retort , coated , and a matrass adapted to it ; and the retort then gradually heated in a reverberatory furnace , till the bottom is red ; the mass will be in- flamed violently , and the ...
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... charcoal , yield the characteristic garlic smell of the metallic vapour . Nitrate of silver gives a pulverulent brick - coloured precipitate , or , according to Dr. Thomson , a flesh red , with arsenic acid . The acid itself does not ...
... charcoal , yield the characteristic garlic smell of the metallic vapour . Nitrate of silver gives a pulverulent brick - coloured precipitate , or , according to Dr. Thomson , a flesh red , with arsenic acid . The acid itself does not ...
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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.