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 424
... taken from them and this evidently happens upon trial : for the refiduum of metallic matters , after calcination , departs from the metallic character , and approaches to the na- ture of mere earth . The opacity , brilliancy , ductility ...
... taken from them and this evidently happens upon trial : for the refiduum of metallic matters , after calcination , departs from the metallic character , and approaches to the na- ture of mere earth . The opacity , brilliancy , ductility ...
Page 443
... taken up . Then the fire is stopped , the Ipindle is taken out , and the water and stuff let off . The coarfer matter on the quickfilver may at all events be washed in cold water , and go once more to the mill . Almost the whole of the ...
... taken up . Then the fire is stopped , the Ipindle is taken out , and the water and stuff let off . The coarfer matter on the quickfilver may at all events be washed in cold water , and go once more to the mill . Almost the whole of the ...
Page 718
... taken out of no 11 , and the pincers or nippers , db , being detached from the other part of 19. are paffed through the long spring focket n ° 11 . and ready to receive any opaque . body in the pincers or on the black and white piece of ...
... taken out of no 11 , and the pincers or nippers , db , being detached from the other part of 19. are paffed through the long spring focket n ° 11 . and ready to receive any opaque . body in the pincers or on the black and white piece of ...
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