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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... experiment be made in an open vessel , each bubble of air , when it comes to the surface , pro- duces a vivid deflagration , and diffuses the odour of phosphorated hydrogen gas . This acid is composed of the same con- stituent parts as ...
... experiment be made in an open vessel , each bubble of air , when it comes to the surface , pro- duces a vivid deflagration , and diffuses the odour of phosphorated hydrogen gas . This acid is composed of the same con- stituent parts as ...
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... experiment consists in pouring this phosphoric ether in small portions , and in a dark place , on the surface of hot wa- ter . The phosphoric matches consist of phosphorus extremely dry , minutely di- vided , and perhaps a little ...
... experiment consists in pouring this phosphoric ether in small portions , and in a dark place , on the surface of hot wa- ter . The phosphoric matches consist of phosphorus extremely dry , minutely di- vided , and perhaps a little ...
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... experiments for the same purpose . PHRYGANEA , in natural history , a ge- nus of insects of the order of Neuroptera . Generic character : mouth with a horny short curved mandible ; feelers four ; three stemmata ; antennæ setaceous ...
... experiments for the same purpose . PHRYGANEA , in natural history , a ge- nus of insects of the order of Neuroptera . Generic character : mouth with a horny short curved mandible ; feelers four ; three stemmata ; antennæ setaceous ...
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... Experimental physics inquire into the reasons and nature of things by experiments , as in hydrostatics , pneuma- tics , optics , & c . but more particularly in chemistry , in which more has been done the last thirty years than could ...
... Experimental physics inquire into the reasons and nature of things by experiments , as in hydrostatics , pneuma- tics , optics , & c . but more particularly in chemistry , in which more has been done the last thirty years than could ...
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... experiment of Borelli , in which a muscle , deprived of life , was immediately torn by a weight which it could lift easily du- ring life , shows how the laws of gravity are overcome . This vital power , in the explanation and ...
... experiment of Borelli , in which a muscle , deprived of life , was immediately torn by a weight which it could lift easily du- ring life , shows how the laws of gravity are overcome . This vital power , in the explanation and ...
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