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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... retort , and distilled off , with a view to change the state or composition of either . See DISTILLATION . * ACANTICONE . See PISTACITE . * * ACERATES . The acer compestre , or common maple , yields a milky sweetish sap , containing a ...
... retort , and distilled off , with a view to change the state or composition of either . See DISTILLATION . * ACANTICONE . See PISTACITE . * * ACERATES . The acer compestre , or common maple , yields a milky sweetish sap , containing a ...
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... retort , because it contains too much of the oxides of iron and manganese , but in a perfectly white porcelain retort . Four or five pounds of nitrate. water . ACI ACI.
... retort , because it contains too much of the oxides of iron and manganese , but in a perfectly white porcelain retort . Four or five pounds of nitrate. water . ACI ACI.
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... retort . Four or five pounds of nitrate of barytes may be decomposed at once , and the process will require about three hours . The barytes thus procured will contain a considerable quantity of si- lex and alumina ; but it will have ...
... retort . Four or five pounds of nitrate of barytes may be decomposed at once , and the process will require about three hours . The barytes thus procured will contain a considerable quantity of si- lex and alumina ; but it will have ...
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... retort . This is closed by a disc of iron , smeared round its edge with clay - lute , and secured in its place by wedges . The charge of wood for such a cylinder is about 8 cwt . The hard woods , oak , ash , birch , and beech , are ...
... retort . This is closed by a disc of iron , smeared round its edge with clay - lute , and secured in its place by wedges . The charge of wood for such a cylinder is about 8 cwt . The hard woods , oak , ash , birch , and beech , are ...
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... retort , toge . ther with a black thick oil . When this earthy salt is mixed with a solution of sul- phate of soda , the calcareous earth is pre- cipitated along with the sulphuric acid ; the acetic acid uniting with the soda , makes a ...
... retort , toge . ther with a black thick oil . When this earthy salt is mixed with a solution of sul- phate of soda , the calcareous earth is pre- cipitated along with the sulphuric acid ; the acetic acid uniting with the soda , makes a ...
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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.