Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 4. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 428
... also soluble in the marine acid . Only three grains of bifmuth were diffolved by 200 fcarce fo- of oil of vitriol , whose specific gravity was 1.863 , though a strong heat was used at the fame time . A greater quantity was indeed ...
... also soluble in the marine acid . Only three grains of bifmuth were diffolved by 200 fcarce fo- of oil of vitriol , whose specific gravity was 1.863 , though a strong heat was used at the fame time . A greater quantity was indeed ...
Page 601
... also wax . 2. Effential . These are always obtained by diftillation , poffefs the taste and flavour of the fubject from whence they are drawn , and are foluble in alcohol . Of this kind are oil of cloves , fpike , & c . The oil of ants ...
... also wax . 2. Effential . These are always obtained by diftillation , poffefs the taste and flavour of the fubject from whence they are drawn , and are foluble in alcohol . Of this kind are oil of cloves , fpike , & c . The oil of ants ...
Page 730
... also obfervable , that Sir Ifaac is not fo particular in his defcription of his prifms , and other parts of his apparatus , in his account of this experi- ment , as he generally is in other cafes , and therefore probably wrote his ...
... also obfervable , that Sir Ifaac is not fo particular in his defcription of his prifms , and other parts of his apparatus , in his account of this experi- ment , as he generally is in other cafes , and therefore probably wrote his ...
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