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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... matters with water . This water , when sufficient- ly impregnated , is evaporated , and a brown - coloured salt obtained , known by the name of crude nitre . It consists of nitre , common salt , nitrate of lime , and various other salts ...
... matters with water . This water , when sufficient- ly impregnated , is evaporated , and a brown - coloured salt obtained , known by the name of crude nitre . It consists of nitre , common salt , nitrate of lime , and various other salts ...
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... matter , a considerable portion of the nitrous salt will be common saltpetre ; but , if otherwise , the acid will , for the most part , be combined with the calcare- ous earth . : To extract the saltpetre from the mass of earthy matter ...
... matter , a considerable portion of the nitrous salt will be common saltpetre ; but , if otherwise , the acid will , for the most part , be combined with the calcare- ous earth . : To extract the saltpetre from the mass of earthy matter ...
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... matter . NON pros , if the plaintiff in an action at law neglect to deliver a declaration for two terms after the defendant appears , or is guilty of other delays or defaults , against the rules of law , in any subse- quent stage of the ...
... matter . NON pros , if the plaintiff in an action at law neglect to deliver a declaration for two terms after the defendant appears , or is guilty of other delays or defaults , against the rules of law , in any subse- quent stage of the ...
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... matter of record in bar to the ac- tion , and it is necessary to deny the exist- ence of such record , and to join issue on that fact . NUMBER , a collection of several units , or of several things of the same kind , as 2 , 3 , 4 , & c ...
... matter of record in bar to the ac- tion , and it is necessary to deny the exist- ence of such record , and to join issue on that fact . NUMBER , a collection of several units , or of several things of the same kind , as 2 , 3 , 4 , & c ...
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... matter , which was composed of Tannin Gallic acid and extract Mucilage and extract Lime and saline matter See TANNIN . - 130 31 12 12 185 NUTATION , in astronomy , a kind of tremulous motion of the axis of the earth , whereby , in each ...
... matter , which was composed of Tannin Gallic acid and extract Mucilage and extract Lime and saline matter See TANNIN . - 130 31 12 12 185 NUTATION , in astronomy , a kind of tremulous motion of the axis of the earth , whereby , in each ...
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