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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... matter are numberless , and subject to incessant change . Amid all this variety which perplexes the common mind , the eye of science discerns a few unchangeable primary bodies , by whose reciprocal actions and combinations , this ...
... matter are numberless , and subject to incessant change . Amid all this variety which perplexes the common mind , the eye of science discerns a few unchangeable primary bodies , by whose reciprocal actions and combinations , this ...
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... matter , is also manifested by the production of heat and light , or the phe- nomenon of combustion , at the instant of their mutual combination . But this phenomenon is not characteristic ; for it is neither peculiar nor neces- sary to ...
... matter , is also manifested by the production of heat and light , or the phe- nomenon of combustion , at the instant of their mutual combination . But this phenomenon is not characteristic ; for it is neither peculiar nor neces- sary to ...
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... matter , the student ought to read , 1st , The early part of the article ATTRACTION ; 2d , CRYSTALLIZA- TION ; 3d , That part of CALORIC entitled , " Of the change of state pro- duced in bodies by caloric , independent of change of ...
... matter , the student ought to read , 1st , The early part of the article ATTRACTION ; 2d , CRYSTALLIZA- TION ; 3d , That part of CALORIC entitled , " Of the change of state pro- duced in bodies by caloric , independent of change of ...
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... matter is extruded through the sacks by superincumbent pressure . What passes through is put into large casks , set upright , having a small aperture in their top . In these it is exposed to the heat of the sun in summer , or to that of ...
... matter is extruded through the sacks by superincumbent pressure . What passes through is put into large casks , set upright , having a small aperture in their top . In these it is exposed to the heat of the sun in summer , or to that of ...
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... matter of the wood is dissipated in incondensable gases . Count Rumford states , that charcoal is equal in weight to more than four - tenths of the wood from which it is made . And M. Clement says that it is equal to one- half . The ...
... matter of the wood is dissipated in incondensable gases . Count Rumford states , that charcoal is equal in weight to more than four - tenths of the wood from which it is made . And M. Clement says that it is equal to one- half . The ...
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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.