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... barytes ; 2. ditto of Strontian , 3. ditto of lime ; 4. nitrate , or acetite of lead . Of these the moft powerful is muriat of barytes , which will detect fulphuric acid uncombined , when it is not the millionth part of the water . X ...
... barytes ; 2. ditto of Strontian , 3. ditto of lime ; 4. nitrate , or acetite of lead . Of these the moft powerful is muriat of barytes , which will detect fulphuric acid uncombined , when it is not the millionth part of the water . X ...
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... barytes . De- compote the earthy nitrats and muriats by fulphu- nc acid . Expel the excefs of muriatic and nitric ' acids by heat . Separate the fulphats thus form- ed by alcohol and barytic water . If it forms a Precipitate with ...
... barytes . De- compote the earthy nitrats and muriats by fulphu- nc acid . Expel the excefs of muriatic and nitric ' acids by heat . Separate the fulphats thus form- ed by alcohol and barytic water . If it forms a Precipitate with ...
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... barytes . 10. Nitrous fo- lution of lime . II . Muriatic folution of lime . 12. Mercury in its metallic ftate . 13. Corrofive fublimate of mercury . 14. White arfenic . 15 . Nitrous folution of filver . 16. Nitrous folution of copper ...
... barytes . 10. Nitrous fo- lution of lime . II . Muriatic folution of lime . 12. Mercury in its metallic ftate . 13. Corrofive fublimate of mercury . 14. White arfenic . 15 . Nitrous folution of filver . 16. Nitrous folution of copper ...
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... Barytes ; 2. Strontian ; 3. Lime ; 4. Magnefia ; 5. Alumina ; 6. Yttria ; 7. Glucina ; 8. Zirconia ; 9. Agustina ; 10. Silica . " Every one of the above characteristics is not perhaps rigorously applicable to each of these bo- dies ...
... Barytes ; 2. Strontian ; 3. Lime ; 4. Magnefia ; 5. Alumina ; 6. Yttria ; 7. Glucina ; 8. Zirconia ; 9. Agustina ; 10. Silica . " Every one of the above characteristics is not perhaps rigorously applicable to each of these bo- dies ...
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... barytes ; but Dr HOPE , in 1791 , made experiments on it , which demonftrate that it is a compound of carbonic acid and a peculiar earth , which he named Strontites . Thefe experiments were repeated between 1793 and 1797 , by Kiap- roth ...
... barytes ; but Dr HOPE , in 1791 , made experiments on it , which demonftrate that it is a compound of carbonic acid and a peculiar earth , which he named Strontites . Thefe experiments were repeated between 1793 and 1797 , by Kiap- roth ...
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