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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... produced and maintained . These bodies , having resisted every attempt to resolve them into simpler forms of matter , are called undecompounded , and must be regarded in the present state of our knowledge as experimental elements . It ...
... produced and maintained . These bodies , having resisted every attempt to resolve them into simpler forms of matter , are called undecompounded , and must be regarded in the present state of our knowledge as experimental elements . It ...
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... produced without any com- bustible . Can this absurdity form a basis of chemical classification ? The decomposition of euchlorine , as well as of the chloride and iodide of azote , is accompanied with a tremendous energy of heat and ...
... produced without any com- bustible . Can this absurdity form a basis of chemical classification ? The decomposition of euchlorine , as well as of the chloride and iodide of azote , is accompanied with a tremendous energy of heat and ...
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... produced astonishing effects . It is an admirable thing now , to see in many Glasgow manufactories , simple workmen , who understand , and explain when necessary , the principles of their operations , and the theoretical means of ...
... produced astonishing effects . It is an admirable thing now , to see in many Glasgow manufactories , simple workmen , who understand , and explain when necessary , the principles of their operations , and the theoretical means of ...
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... produced by the union of their ponderable bases . Sulphur also , in burning , absorbs ox- ygen gas. * ABS BSORBENT . An epithet introduc- ed into chemistry by the physicians , to designate such earthy substances , as seemed to check ...
... produced by the union of their ponderable bases . Sulphur also , in burning , absorbs ox- ygen gas. * ABS BSORBENT . An epithet introduc- ed into chemistry by the physicians , to designate such earthy substances , as seemed to check ...
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... produced ; and lead by sulphate of soda , hydrosulphurets , sulph- uretted hydrogen , and gallic acid . None of these should produce any change on genuine vinegar . See LEAD . * * ACID ( OXY - ACETIC ) . Acetic acid dis- solves ...
... produced ; and lead by sulphate of soda , hydrosulphurets , sulph- uretted hydrogen , and gallic acid . None of these should produce any change on genuine vinegar . See LEAD . * * ACID ( OXY - ACETIC ) . Acetic acid dis- solves ...
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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.