The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature. G - Got. 10Black, 1879 - 856 pages |
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... crystalline body , kämpferid ( Brandes ) . Greater or Java galangal , radix galangæ majoris ( French , Galanga de l'Inde ) , the rhizome 1 Apparently derived from the Chinese Kau - liang - Kiang , i.e. , Kau - liang ginger , the term ...
... crystalline body , kämpferid ( Brandes ) . Greater or Java galangal , radix galangæ majoris ( French , Galanga de l'Inde ) , the rhizome 1 Apparently derived from the Chinese Kau - liang - Kiang , i.e. , Kau - liang ginger , the term ...
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... Crystalline sand , of a superior quality for scythe boards , occurs at Lough Coutra . Lead , zinc , copper , sulphur , and bismuth have been discovered in various parts of the western division of the county . Iron was raised at Woodford ...
... Crystalline sand , of a superior quality for scythe boards , occurs at Lough Coutra . Lead , zinc , copper , sulphur , and bismuth have been discovered in various parts of the western division of the county . Iron was raised at Woodford ...
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... crystalline varieties , tough . Before the blowpipe it gives a brown , green , or black ( often magnetic ) glass , which hydro- chloric acid decomposes , with the separation of gelatinous silica . Previous to melting , the mineral is ...
... crystalline varieties , tough . Before the blowpipe it gives a brown , green , or black ( often magnetic ) glass , which hydro- chloric acid decomposes , with the separation of gelatinous silica . Previous to melting , the mineral is ...
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... crystalline limestone ; sometimes as pyrope , in serpentine ; also in felspar - porphyry , and in volcanic rocks . In Cornwall it is met with chiefly in greenstone , or in close proximity thereto . It is an essential ingredient of the ...
... crystalline limestone ; sometimes as pyrope , in serpentine ; also in felspar - porphyry , and in volcanic rocks . In Cornwall it is met with chiefly in greenstone , or in close proximity thereto . It is an essential ingredient of the ...
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... crystalline substance named by him gelseminic acid , whose solution in alkalies exhibits a powerful blue fluorescence . It has , however , since been shown by Sonnenschein to be identical with æsculin , a crystalline glucoside found in ...
... crystalline substance named by him gelseminic acid , whose solution in alkalies exhibits a powerful blue fluorescence . It has , however , since been shown by Sonnenschein to be identical with æsculin , a crystalline glucoside found in ...
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