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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... metals are formed in the bowels of the earth . See METALLURGY , sect . i . LURG Y. according Boerhaave , ETALLURGY , according to Boerhaave , com- prehends the whole art of working metals , from the giebe or ore to the utenfil ; in ...
... metals are formed in the bowels of the earth . See METALLURGY , sect . i . LURG Y. according Boerhaave , ETALLURGY , according to Boerhaave , com- prehends the whole art of working metals , from the giebe or ore to the utenfil ; in ...
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... metal . Metals have lefs affinity with ful- phur than with acids ; hence fulphur may be fepara- ted from them by acids . Some exceptions from thefe general rules , concerning the affinity of metals to ful- phur and liver of fulphur ...
... metal . Metals have lefs affinity with ful- phur than with acids ; hence fulphur may be fepara- ted from them by acids . Some exceptions from thefe general rules , concerning the affinity of metals to ful- phur and liver of fulphur ...
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... metals , prove incontestably that they are all compofed of earth and phlogifton . But we do not yet certainly know whether these two be the only principles of metals . We might affirm this , if we could produce metals by combining ...
... metals , prove incontestably that they are all compofed of earth and phlogifton . But we do not yet certainly know whether these two be the only principles of metals . We might affirm this , if we could produce metals by combining ...
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