American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 10Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 |
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... animal matters . Phosphoric acid may be obtained , not on- ly by the method just mentioned , but also by transmitting a current of oxygen gas through phosphorus melted under water . The acid , as it is formed , combines with PHO the ...
... animal matters . Phosphoric acid may be obtained , not on- ly by the method just mentioned , but also by transmitting a current of oxygen gas through phosphorus melted under water . The acid , as it is formed , combines with PHO the ...
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... animals , and they improv- ed the processes for procuring it . The most convenient process for ob- taining phosphorus seems to be that re- commended by Fourcroy and Vauquelin , which we shall transcribe . Take a quan- tity of burnt ...
... animals , and they improv- ed the processes for procuring it . The most convenient process for ob- taining phosphorus seems to be that re- commended by Fourcroy and Vauquelin , which we shall transcribe . Take a quan- tity of burnt ...
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... animal is feeding . One of the largest species is the P. grandis , ( see Plate IV . Entomology , fig . 2 ) . This in- sect is about an inch in length , very like a phalena ; the upper wings are grey , marked by various darker and ...
... animal is feeding . One of the largest species is the P. grandis , ( see Plate IV . Entomology , fig . 2 ) . This in- sect is about an inch in length , very like a phalena ; the upper wings are grey , marked by various darker and ...
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... animal , and , when warm , is nearly fluid , but dries by expo- sure to the air into flaky masses . bergris , also , is produced by this species , and consists , in fact , of the fæces of the animal . The origin of this substance had ...
... animal , and , when warm , is nearly fluid , but dries by expo- sure to the air into flaky masses . bergris , also , is produced by this species , and consists , in fact , of the fæces of the animal . The origin of this substance had ...
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... animal , because they always have it in their power to amend , and in some degree to restore themselves to the place assigned them in creation ; and however their features may be distorted by the indulgence of their passions , still the ...
... animal , because they always have it in their power to amend , and in some degree to restore themselves to the place assigned them in creation ; and however their features may be distorted by the indulgence of their passions , still the ...
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