Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 11. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 429
... called veins , which lie in the stony ftrata compofing mountains . See the article MINE . 1 SECT . III . Of the Pyrites . PYRITE is a mineral resembling the true ores of me- tals , in the substances of which it is compofed , in its ...
... called veins , which lie in the stony ftrata compofing mountains . See the article MINE . 1 SECT . III . Of the Pyrites . PYRITE is a mineral resembling the true ores of me- tals , in the substances of which it is compofed , in its ...
Page 446
... called filky copper ores , and feveral white and green earths . Thefe matters are only cop- per almoft pure and but little mineralifed , but which has been corroded , dissolved , precipitated , calcined by faline matters , by the action ...
... called filky copper ores , and feveral white and green earths . Thefe matters are only cop- per almoft pure and but little mineralifed , but which has been corroded , dissolved , precipitated , calcined by faline matters , by the action ...
Page 466
... called the eye , through which the melted matter flows , and runs along a trench or furrow , called the trace , into one or more receiving bafons made of earth , scoria , fand , & c . There the metal is feparated from the scoria , by ...
... called the eye , through which the melted matter flows , and runs along a trench or furrow , called the trace , into one or more receiving bafons made of earth , scoria , fand , & c . There the metal is feparated from the scoria , by ...
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alfo alſo animalcule antimony appear arfenic becauſe body brafs cafe calcination called caufe cauſe colour confequence confiderable confifts copper Cortes diftinct diſcovered diſtance divifions earth exiftence exiſtence extenfion faid fame fays fcrew fecond feems feen fenfation fenfe fent feparated feven feveral fhall fhould fide filver fimilar fimple fingle firft firſt fituation fize flider fmall folar folid fome fomething fometimes foon fore ftate ftill ftones fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fufion fulphur fuppofe furnace fyftem glafs himſelf ideas impoffible inches inftance inftrument iron itſelf kind laft lefs likewife litharge magnifier matter meaſure metals Mexicans Mexico micrometer microſcope mind moft Montezuma moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary obferved object occafion paffing pelvis perceive perception perfon philofophers poffible pofition prefent purpoſe pyrites quantity reafon refemblance refpect reft ſmall ſome ſpace Spaniards thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tube uſed uterus veffel