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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... substances , combines with the oxygen of the air . The potash is probably furnished , partly at least , by the vegetables and the soil . The nitre is extracted from these beds , by lixiviating the earthy matters with water . This water ...
... substances , combines with the oxygen of the air . The potash is probably furnished , partly at least , by the vegetables and the soil . The nitre is extracted from these beds , by lixiviating the earthy matters with water . This water ...
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... substances used for food . To these sub- stances it imparts a red colour . See NI- TROUS acid ; also GUNPOWDER . NITRIC acid . The two principal con- stituent parts of our atmosphere , when in certain proportions , are capable , under ...
... substances used for food . To these sub- stances it imparts a red colour . See NI- TROUS acid ; also GUNPOWDER . NITRIC acid . The two principal con- stituent parts of our atmosphere , when in certain proportions , are capable , under ...
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... substances , such as dung , or other excrements , with the remains of ve- getables , and old mortar , or other loose cal- careous earth ; this substance being found to be the best and most convenient recep- tacle for the acid to combine ...
... substances , such as dung , or other excrements , with the remains of ve- getables , and old mortar , or other loose cal- careous earth ; this substance being found to be the best and most convenient recep- tacle for the acid to combine ...
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... substances . Two or three parts mixed with one of charcoal , and set on fire , burn rapidly ; azote and carbonic acid gas are given out , and a small portion of the latter is retained by the al- kaline residuum , which was formerly ...
... substances . Two or three parts mixed with one of charcoal , and set on fire , burn rapidly ; azote and carbonic acid gas are given out , and a small portion of the latter is retained by the al- kaline residuum , which was formerly ...
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... substances , when it is distinguished by the name of soap . Some of these oils be- come thick , opaque , white ... substances is disengaged . The oils which are obtained in this manner are very impure . They are mixed with mucilage , and ...
... substances , when it is distinguished by the name of soap . Some of these oils be- come thick , opaque , white ... substances is disengaged . The oils which are obtained in this manner are very impure . They are mixed with mucilage , and ...
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