The Quarterly Journal of Science and the Arts, Volume 5John Murray, 1818 |
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Page ii
... substance which has considerable conducting and radiating powers in regard to heat , or which , in other words , is capable of producing a cooling effect . So a piece of wire- gauze placed in the centre of the flame of a candle , cuts ...
... substance which has considerable conducting and radiating powers in regard to heat , or which , in other words , is capable of producing a cooling effect . So a piece of wire- gauze placed in the centre of the flame of a candle , cuts ...
Page iii
... substances , and of those that produce most heat in combustion , will pass through a metallic tissue that will inter- rupt the flame of less inflammable substances , or those that produce little heat in combustion ; so that different ...
... substances , and of those that produce most heat in combustion , will pass through a metallic tissue that will inter- rupt the flame of less inflammable substances , or those that produce little heat in combustion ; so that different ...
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... substance from China , which was sent to Sir Joseph Banks , who entrusted its exa- mination to Mr. Brande . It proved to be a spe- cies of galls , containing little else than tannin and gallic acid ; hence excellent for black dye and ...
... substance from China , which was sent to Sir Joseph Banks , who entrusted its exa- mination to Mr. Brande . It proved to be a spe- cies of galls , containing little else than tannin and gallic acid ; hence excellent for black dye and ...
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... substance , and friable like starch , having been compared to honey by those who have treated on the subject of the sugar of the ancients . I could perceive no sweet taste in the Quito Tabasheer , not even when it was in the state of a ...
... substance , and friable like starch , having been compared to honey by those who have treated on the subject of the sugar of the ancients . I could perceive no sweet taste in the Quito Tabasheer , not even when it was in the state of a ...
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... substances are separable by a plate of iron , which , when immersed in their solution , throws down every thing except iron . This precipitate is digested in weak nitric acid , which dissolves the lead and copper ; then in nitro ...
... substances are separable by a plate of iron , which , when immersed in their solution , throws down every thing except iron . This precipitate is digested in weak nitric acid , which dissolves the lead and copper ; then in nitro ...
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