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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... grains of beer yeast , and a little starch water , pro- duced extremely strong vinegar . The acid was developed on the 5th day . The same quantity of starch and yeast , without the spirit , fermented more slowly , and yielded a weaker ...
... grains of beer yeast , and a little starch water , pro- duced extremely strong vinegar . The acid was developed on the 5th day . The same quantity of starch and yeast , without the spirit , fermented more slowly , and yielded a weaker ...
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... grain are found to be most advantageous : - 1880 Paris lbs . malted barley . wheat . buckwheat . 700 500 These grains are ground , mixed , and boil- ed , along with twenty - seven casks - full of river water , for three hours . Eighteen ...
... grain are found to be most advantageous : - 1880 Paris lbs . malted barley . wheat . buckwheat . 700 500 These grains are ground , mixed , and boil- ed , along with twenty - seven casks - full of river water , for three hours . Eighteen ...
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... grain . It is to be observed , that one or two of the precipitation tests may be equivocal from admixtures of ... grains of arsenious acid , afforded a white preci- pitate with nitrate of silver , grayish white with lime water ...
... grain . It is to be observed , that one or two of the precipitation tests may be equivocal from admixtures of ... grains of arsenious acid , afforded a white preci- pitate with nitrate of silver , grayish white with lime water ...
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... grains in a hundred of water , by M. Hoeffer . M. Mascagni also found it adhering to schis- tus , on the borders of lakes , of an obscure white , yellow , or greenish colour , and crystallized in the form of needles . He has likewise ...
... grains in a hundred of water , by M. Hoeffer . M. Mascagni also found it adhering to schis- tus , on the borders of lakes , of an obscure white , yellow , or greenish colour , and crystallized in the form of needles . He has likewise ...
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... grains , and of a taste somewhat resembling alum , was produced by leaving an ounce phial of wa- ter impregnated with carbonic acid , and a redundancy of alumina , exposed to spon- taneous evaporation for some months . Vauquelin has ...
... grains , and of a taste somewhat resembling alum , was produced by leaving an ounce phial of wa- ter impregnated with carbonic acid , and a redundancy of alumina , exposed to spon- taneous evaporation for some months . Vauquelin has ...
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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.