The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Part 2, Volume 5Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Page 385
... Copper , Silver , Each of these SOLUTIONS OF is the positive Nitric acid , pole to all the metals below Muriatic acid , it , and negative Sal - ammoniac , Sulphuric acid , with respect to Gold , Nitre , the metals a- Other neutral salts ...
... Copper , Silver , Each of these SOLUTIONS OF is the positive Nitric acid , pole to all the metals below Muriatic acid , it , and negative Sal - ammoniac , Sulphuric acid , with respect to Gold , Nitre , the metals a- Other neutral salts ...
Page 386
... copper end be similarly connected , the jar is charged negatively . The shocks do not differ from those of a jar or battery , charged to the same intensity by a common electrical ma- chine . v . Galvanism , even when excited by a single ...
... copper end be similarly connected , the jar is charged negatively . The shocks do not differ from those of a jar or battery , charged to the same intensity by a common electrical ma- chine . v . Galvanism , even when excited by a single ...
Page 395
... copper filings . The copper is thus made to unite with part of the oxygen of the nitric acid , and from this loss the nitric acid is converted into nitrous gas , which has the fol- lowing properties . 379. It is heavier than common air ...
... copper filings . The copper is thus made to unite with part of the oxygen of the nitric acid , and from this loss the nitric acid is converted into nitrous gas , which has the fol- lowing properties . 379. It is heavier than common air ...
Page 396
... copper wire with a little tow wrapped round it for a piston . In this way a globule may be drawn into the tube , and transferred to any other vessel . 397. This is the most powerfully explosive and detonating substance that is known ...
... copper wire with a little tow wrapped round it for a piston . In this way a globule may be drawn into the tube , and transferred to any other vessel . 397. This is the most powerfully explosive and detonating substance that is known ...
Page 399
... copper dish . A transpa- rent glass is obtained , which is the phosphoric acid in a glacial state ; not , however , perfectly pure , but containing sulphate and phosphate of lime . According to Fourcroy and Vauquelin , it is , in fact ...
... copper dish . A transpa- rent glass is obtained , which is the phosphoric acid in a glacial state ; not , however , perfectly pure , but containing sulphate and phosphate of lime . According to Fourcroy and Vauquelin , it is , in fact ...
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