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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... quantity of phosphorus . They de- tonate , too , with oxy - muriate of potash , and precipitate gold from its solution in a metallic state . By exposure to the air , they pass into phosphates . PHOSPHORESCENCE ,? See LIGHT . PHOSPHORI ...
... quantity of phosphorus . They de- tonate , too , with oxy - muriate of potash , and precipitate gold from its solution in a metallic state . By exposure to the air , they pass into phosphates . PHOSPHORESCENCE ,? See LIGHT . PHOSPHORI ...
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... quantity of phosphorus . Phosphorous acid forms compounds with alkalies , earths , and me- tallic oxides , which are known under the name of phosphites . PHOSPHORUS . This singular sub- stance was accidentally discovered in 1677 by an ...
... quantity of phosphorus . Phosphorous acid forms compounds with alkalies , earths , and me- tallic oxides , which are known under the name of phosphites . PHOSPHORUS . This singular sub- stance was accidentally discovered in 1677 by an ...
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... quantity of white smoke . Phos- phorus enters into combination with oxy- gen , azote , hydrogen , and carbon . Phos ... quantities of light , as in a cloudy or bright day , PHO PHO.
... quantity of white smoke . Phos- phorus enters into combination with oxy- gen , azote , hydrogen , and carbon . Phos ... quantities of light , as in a cloudy or bright day , PHO PHO.
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... quantity of heat lost and that of the heat acquired goes on diminishing , there will be a point , where , these two quantities having become equal , the instrument will be stationary , and the intensity of the inci- dent light is then ...
... quantity of heat lost and that of the heat acquired goes on diminishing , there will be a point , where , these two quantities having become equal , the instrument will be stationary , and the intensity of the inci- dent light is then ...
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... quantity , and the covering the application of power : how- ever the latter may be affected , it is well known that the bones must remain unal- tered , and yet they regulate the wrin- kles by their variation of component form . Wrink es ...
... quantity , and the covering the application of power : how- ever the latter may be affected , it is well known that the bones must remain unal- tered , and yet they regulate the wrin- kles by their variation of component form . Wrink es ...
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