British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... acid may be converted into arsenic acid ; a so- lution of nitrate of lead is then dropped in , and the liquor evaporated by a very gentle heat , but not quite to dryness . Al- cohol poured into this solution precipitates every salt but ...
... acid may be converted into arsenic acid ; a so- lution of nitrate of lead is then dropped in , and the liquor evaporated by a very gentle heat , but not quite to dryness . Al- cohol poured into this solution precipitates every salt but ...
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... acid . It ap- pears , therefore , to be too highly oxydiz . ed to be capable of directly combining with any of the acids . According to Rich- ter , oxide of nickle is reduced by heat alone ; and the only difficulty experienc- ed is the ...
... acid . It ap- pears , therefore , to be too highly oxydiz . ed to be capable of directly combining with any of the acids . According to Rich- ter , oxide of nickle is reduced by heat alone ; and the only difficulty experienc- ed is the ...
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... acid of sugar . This species is found in Transylvania , consisting of yel- low sand , intermixed with fragments of granite , gneiss , and mica - slate , and from which gold is obtained by washing . It comes to us commonly intermixed ...
... acid of sugar . This species is found in Transylvania , consisting of yel- low sand , intermixed with fragments of granite , gneiss , and mica - slate , and from which gold is obtained by washing . It comes to us commonly intermixed ...
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... acid disengages from them fumes which have the odour of ni . tric acid : when heated with muriatic acid , oxymuriatic acid is driven off : they are decomposed by heat , and yield at first oxygen gas . There are twelve nitrates , of ...
... acid disengages from them fumes which have the odour of ni . tric acid : when heated with muriatic acid , oxymuriatic acid is driven off : they are decomposed by heat , and yield at first oxygen gas . There are twelve nitrates , of ...
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... acid is first formed , and afterwards the alkali . See NITRIC acid . These NITRE . See NITRATES . Nitre is found abundantly on the surface of the earth , in India , South America , South Africa , and even in some parts of Spain . In ...
... acid is first formed , and afterwards the alkali . See NITRIC acid . These NITRE . See NITRATES . Nitre is found abundantly on the surface of the earth , in India , South America , South Africa , and even in some parts of Spain . In ...
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