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 541
... Mercury bright than before ; ftains paper black ; fometimes ex- or Quick hibits a skin upon the surface ; and does not run freely , or into round globules . Mr Boyle relates , that he has obferved the weight of mercury fenfibly ...
... Mercury bright than before ; ftains paper black ; fometimes ex- or Quick hibits a skin upon the surface ; and does not run freely , or into round globules . Mr Boyle relates , that he has obferved the weight of mercury fenfibly ...
Page 542
... Mercury ed at laft undiffolved . The paper which covered the or Quick cylindrical glafs wherein the digeftion was performed , contracted , from the vapours , a deep - green circular fpot in the middle , with a fmaller one at the fide ...
... Mercury ed at laft undiffolved . The paper which covered the or Quick cylindrical glafs wherein the digeftion was performed , contracted , from the vapours , a deep - green circular fpot in the middle , with a fmaller one at the fide ...
Page 613
... MERCURY may be combined with the following Subftanees , viz .. ACIDS : Vitriolic , Nitrous , Muriatic , Vegetable ... mercury . By frequently diftilling front this amalgam , the mercury is rendered much more pure , and is then called ...
... MERCURY may be combined with the following Subftanees , viz .. ACIDS : Vitriolic , Nitrous , Muriatic , Vegetable ... mercury . By frequently diftilling front this amalgam , the mercury is rendered much more pure , and is then called ...
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