The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volumen5Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 |
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... less water . The specific gravity of nitre , as ascertained by Dr. Wat- son , is 1.9 . Its taste is sharp , bitterish , and cooling . It is very brittle . It is soluble in seven times its weight of water , at the tem- perature of 60 ...
... less water . The specific gravity of nitre , as ascertained by Dr. Wat- son , is 1.9 . Its taste is sharp , bitterish , and cooling . It is very brittle . It is soluble in seven times its weight of water , at the tem- perature of 60 ...
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... less , if the materials used were clean . After this it again becomes more and more red and fuming , till the end of the operation ; and the whole mingled together will be of a yellow or orange colour . In the large way , and for the ...
... less , if the materials used were clean . After this it again becomes more and more red and fuming , till the end of the operation ; and the whole mingled together will be of a yellow or orange colour . In the large way , and for the ...
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... less , according to the management of the operation , in which the action of a regular current of fresh air is of the greatest im- portance , nitre is found in the mass . If the beds contained much vegetable matter , a considerable ...
... less , according to the management of the operation , in which the action of a regular current of fresh air is of the greatest im- portance , nitre is found in the mass . If the beds contained much vegetable matter , a considerable ...
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... less than its weight of alcohol . By evaporating the aqueous solu- tion to dryness , continuing the heat till the nitrate fuses , keeping it in this state five or ten minutes , and then pouring it into an iron pot previously heated , we ...
... less than its weight of alcohol . By evaporating the aqueous solu- tion to dryness , continuing the heat till the nitrate fuses , keeping it in this state five or ten minutes , and then pouring it into an iron pot previously heated , we ...
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... less of the fine aromatic flavour than the other , so that it is much less esteemed , and people who trade largely in nutmegs will seldom buy it . Besides this oblong kind of nutmegs , we sometimes meet with others of perfectly ...
... less of the fine aromatic flavour than the other , so that it is much less esteemed , and people who trade largely in nutmegs will seldom buy it . Besides this oblong kind of nutmegs , we sometimes meet with others of perfectly ...
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