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 429
... whole quantity of phlogifton which iron will part with ( it being more completely dephlogifticated by this than any other means ) , it follows , that 83,87 cubic inches of nitrous air contain at least 5.42 grains of phlogifton . But it ...
... whole quantity of phlogifton which iron will part with ( it being more completely dephlogifticated by this than any other means ) , it follows , that 83,87 cubic inches of nitrous air contain at least 5.42 grains of phlogifton . But it ...
Page 454
... whole force of the fire fhould be spent on the diftilling veffel or fand pot , except what is neceffarily imbibed by the walls of the furnace . 2. That the veffel fhould be fet in fueh a manner as that they may receive heat even from ...
... whole force of the fire fhould be spent on the diftilling veffel or fand pot , except what is neceffarily imbibed by the walls of the furnace . 2. That the veffel fhould be fet in fueh a manner as that they may receive heat even from ...
Page 574
... whole grain , others not more than one - half . They were very hard and compact , with a fmooth furface , and in figure re- fembling the nucleus of the original calculus . The whole was then put into a matrals with about three ounces of ...
... whole grain , others not more than one - half . They were very hard and compact , with a fmooth furface , and in figure re- fembling the nucleus of the original calculus . The whole was then put into a matrals with about three ounces of ...
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