Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N. Bosworth assisted by other gentlemen of eminence, Volume 51813 |
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... substance in a state of purity . Fluoric acid is procured from fluor spar : for this purpose a quantity of the mineral being reduced to a fine powder is to be mixed in a thick glass retort with an equal weight of con- centrated ...
... substance in a state of purity . Fluoric acid is procured from fluor spar : for this purpose a quantity of the mineral being reduced to a fine powder is to be mixed in a thick glass retort with an equal weight of con- centrated ...
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... substances . F. chartacea may serve as an example . This , as its name evinces , is papyraceous , or of a thin semitransparent texture , like fine paper ; of a very light straw colour , with cells on both sides ; the tops of the ...
... substances . F. chartacea may serve as an example . This , as its name evinces , is papyraceous , or of a thin semitransparent texture , like fine paper ; of a very light straw colour , with cells on both sides ; the tops of the ...
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... substance which is added to another to assist its fusion when heat is applied . Thus alkali is a flux for flint , as ... substances , often sa line mixtures , that are added to minerals or metallic cres to assist in the process of reduc ...
... substance which is added to another to assist its fusion when heat is applied . Thus alkali is a flux for flint , as ... substances , often sa line mixtures , that are added to minerals or metallic cres to assist in the process of reduc ...
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... substance . With respect to fu- sibility , the two extremes are mercury and pla- tina ; the former being scarcely ever seen in a solid form , and the latter almost as difficult of fusion . The metals , therefore , may be ranked in this ...
... substance . With respect to fu- sibility , the two extremes are mercury and pla- tina ; the former being scarcely ever seen in a solid form , and the latter almost as difficult of fusion . The metals , therefore , may be ranked in this ...
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... substance called meconium ; the membrana tympani is covered with a kind of mucous membrane , and the bones in many places are cartilaginous . FOG , or MIST , a meteor , consisting of gross vapours , floating near the surface of the ...
... substance called meconium ; the membrana tympani is covered with a kind of mucous membrane , and the bones in many places are cartilaginous . FOG , or MIST , a meteor , consisting of gross vapours , floating near the surface of the ...
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