British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, 10. köideMitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 |
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... common temperature of the air . If phos- phorus , in small pieces , be exposed to the air in a glass funnel placed in a bot- tle , it attracts the oxygen and moisture from the atmosphere , and runs down in- to the bottle . This is the ...
... common temperature of the air . If phos- phorus , in small pieces , be exposed to the air in a glass funnel placed in a bot- tle , it attracts the oxygen and moisture from the atmosphere , and runs down in- to the bottle . This is the ...
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... common air , it burns with great rapidity , and if mixed with that air is detonates violently . Oxy- gen gas produces a still more rapid and brilliant combustion than common air . When bubbles of it are made to pass up through water ...
... common air , it burns with great rapidity , and if mixed with that air is detonates violently . Oxy- gen gas produces a still more rapid and brilliant combustion than common air . When bubbles of it are made to pass up through water ...
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... common glass , into which is put some liquid . The motions of the liquor , which is sul- phuric acid tinged red with carmine , are measured by means of a graduation : the zero is situated towards the top of the branch that is terminated ...
... common glass , into which is put some liquid . The motions of the liquor , which is sul- phuric acid tinged red with carmine , are measured by means of a graduation : the zero is situated towards the top of the branch that is terminated ...
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... common in Barbadoes and Japan . PHYLICA , in botany , a genus of the Pentandria Monogynia class and order . Natural order of Dumosæ . Rhamni , Jus- sieu . Essential character : perianth five- parted , turbinate ; petals none , but five ...
... common in Barbadoes and Japan . PHYLICA , in botany , a genus of the Pentandria Monogynia class and order . Natural order of Dumosæ . Rhamni , Jus- sieu . Essential character : perianth five- parted , turbinate ; petals none , but five ...
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... common stature in those regions of extreme cold , the impelling power of the heart must be increased , to force the blood through the extremities , which would otherwise chill and become totally useless ; but as the Creator did not ...
... common stature in those regions of extreme cold , the impelling power of the heart must be increased , to force the blood through the extremities , which would otherwise chill and become totally useless ; but as the Creator did not ...
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