American Edition of the 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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... obtain- ed by the following series . Suppose the semi - transverse axis C Br , the semi- conjugate axis C D = c , and the semi - ordi- nate = a ; then the length of the curve 4 r2 cas - r as MB : = a + 6c4 8 c4 r2 a7 + μ8 ( 27 112 c11 + ...
... obtain- ed by the following series . Suppose the semi - transverse axis C Br , the semi- conjugate axis C D = c , and the semi - ordi- nate = a ; then the length of the curve 4 r2 cas - r as MB : = a + 6c4 8 c4 r2 a7 + μ8 ( 27 112 c11 + ...
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... obtained from silver . Red enamel is formed by the oxide of gold , and also by that of iron . The for- mer is the most beautiful , and stands the fire , which the latter does not . Oxide of copper affords a green , man- ganese a violet ...
... obtained from silver . Red enamel is formed by the oxide of gold , and also by that of iron . The for- mer is the most beautiful , and stands the fire , which the latter does not . Oxide of copper affords a green , man- ganese a violet ...
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... obtained in an assaying fur- nace , is to be applied as quickly as pos- sible . 2. Sixty parts of lime , one hun- dred of fluor spar , sixty of gypsum , twenty of quartz , and one of manga- nese , are calcinated , ground , and applied ...
... obtained in an assaying fur- nace , is to be applied as quickly as pos- sible . 2. Sixty parts of lime , one hun- dred of fluor spar , sixty of gypsum , twenty of quartz , and one of manga- nese , are calcinated , ground , and applied ...
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... obtained from Gold . The carmine - red is obtained from the purple precipitate of Cassius . It is mix- ed with about six parts of its flux , and this mixture is directly employed without being first fused . It is then of a dirty violet ...
... obtained from Gold . The carmine - red is obtained from the purple precipitate of Cassius . It is mix- ed with about six parts of its flux , and this mixture is directly employed without being first fused . It is then of a dirty violet ...
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... obtained ; but the fire which must be used to melt this vitreous mass destroys the red colour . Besides , it is found , that , to obtain this colour in perfec ion , it is necessary to pass it through the fire as little as possible . The ...
... obtained ; but the fire which must be used to melt this vitreous mass destroys the red colour . Besides , it is found , that , to obtain this colour in perfec ion , it is necessary to pass it through the fire as little as possible . The ...
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