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 by wine , coffee , tea , broth , & c . on arsenical tests , of which a good tabular abstract is given in Mr. Thomson's London Dispensatory . But it is evident that the differences in these menstrua , as also in beers , are so ...
... produced by wine , coffee , tea , broth , & c . on arsenical tests , of which a good tabular abstract is given in Mr. Thomson's London Dispensatory . But it is evident that the differences in these menstrua , as also in beers , are so ...
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... Paracelsus and Van Helmont were ac- quainted with the fact , that air is extri- cated from solid bodies during certain pro- cesses ; and the latter gave to air thus produced the name of gas . Boyle called these kinds ACI ACI.
... Paracelsus and Van Helmont were ac- quainted with the fact , that air is extri- cated from solid bodies during certain pro- cesses ; and the latter gave to air thus produced the name of gas . Boyle called these kinds ACI ACI.
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... produced the name of gas . Boyle called these kinds of air artificial airs , and sus- pected that they might be different from the air of the atmosphere . Hales ascer- tained the quantity of air that could be ex- tricated from a great ...
... produced the name of gas . Boyle called these kinds of air artificial airs , and sus- pected that they might be different from the air of the atmosphere . Hales ascer- tained the quantity of air that could be ex- tricated from a great ...
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... produced by sublimation are little bundles of needles , or very slender prisms , so arranged as to represent herboriza- tions , fern leaves , or feathers . The taste and smell of this salt are the same with those of pure ammonia , but ...
... produced by sublimation are little bundles of needles , or very slender prisms , so arranged as to represent herboriza- tions , fern leaves , or feathers . The taste and smell of this salt are the same with those of pure ammonia , but ...
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... 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 found , that carbonate of zircone may be formed by ...
... 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 found , that carbonate of zircone may be formed by ...
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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.