British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... experiments . The purest gold , of 24 carats , is calcu- lated to produce the best effect with ena- mel . 1. Because it entirely preserves the metallic brilliancy , without undergo- ing any oxidation in the fire . 2. Being less fusible ...
... experiments . The purest gold , of 24 carats , is calcu- lated to produce the best effect with ena- mel . 1. Because it entirely preserves the metallic brilliancy , without undergo- ing any oxidation in the fire . 2. Being less fusible ...
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... experiment . He placed this colour on window glass , and fired it very strongly , and it did not change . He then covered some parts of it with minium , and again exposed it to the fire . The colours totally disappeared in those places ...
... experiment . He placed this colour on window glass , and fired it very strongly , and it did not change . He then covered some parts of it with minium , and again exposed it to the fire . The colours totally disappeared in those places ...
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... experiments made by their agent , Mr. Samuel Hubert , appears to answer every purpose . The frame ENGINE , for raising water . of the machine is of cast iron , nearly in the form of the letter A ; there are two of these frames , B B ...
... experiments made by their agent , Mr. Samuel Hubert , appears to answer every purpose . The frame ENGINE , for raising water . of the machine is of cast iron , nearly in the form of the letter A ; there are two of these frames , B B ...
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... experiments which they undertook to elucidate this subject , that such a decomposition of the acid is not at all ... experiment by which this is supposed to be established is not altogether without fallacy . During the formation of ether ...
... experiments which they undertook to elucidate this subject , that such a decomposition of the acid is not at all ... experiment by which this is supposed to be established is not altogether without fallacy . During the formation of ether ...
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... experiment on alcohol , he inferred , that the proportion of carbon to hydrogen in the ether is as 5 to 1 nearly , while in alcohol it is as 8 or 9 to 1. ( " Nicholson's Journal , " 4to . vol . v . p . 205. ) Besides ether , there are ...
... experiment on alcohol , he inferred , that the proportion of carbon to hydrogen in the ether is as 5 to 1 nearly , while in alcohol it is as 8 or 9 to 1. ( " Nicholson's Journal , " 4to . vol . v . p . 205. ) Besides ether , there are ...
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