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,Volum 5Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Pàgina 390
... blue color of greater or less intensity . In this way he detected iodine in the decoction of several varieties of fucus ; but he was unable to discover the slightest trace of it in sea - water . The fucus saccharinus yielded it most ...
... blue color of greater or less intensity . In this way he detected iodine in the decoction of several varieties of fucus ; but he was unable to discover the slightest trace of it in sea - water . The fucus saccharinus yielded it most ...
Pàgina 397
... blue flame ; but when mixed with common air it does not explode as do other in- flammable gases , but burns silently . A mixture , however , of two measures of it with one of common air , forms a composition which will explode by the ...
... blue flame ; but when mixed with common air it does not explode as do other in- flammable gases , but burns silently . A mixture , however , of two measures of it with one of common air , forms a composition which will explode by the ...
Pàgina 398
... blue flame , and a slight smell of chlorine ; when heated melts , boils , and sublimes between 350 ° , and 450 ° or sublimes slowly at a heat of 250 ° , forming long needles . Potassium burns with a vivid flame in its vapor , and ...
... blue flame , and a slight smell of chlorine ; when heated melts , boils , and sublimes between 350 ° , and 450 ° or sublimes slowly at a heat of 250 ° , forming long needles . Potassium burns with a vivid flame in its vapor , and ...
Pàgina 407
... blue flame of the gas . When the proportion is as 1 to 5 , 6 , or 7 , the cylinder is filled with the flame of the fire damp ; but though the wire gauze becomes red hot , the exte- rior air , even when explosive , is not kindled . The ...
... blue flame of the gas . When the proportion is as 1 to 5 , 6 , or 7 , the cylinder is filled with the flame of the fire damp ; but though the wire gauze becomes red hot , the exte- rior air , even when explosive , is not kindled . The ...
Pàgina 409
... blue ( ferro - cyanite of potassa ) , added at intervals . Sulphuret of , iron is formed , and a colorless liquid , containing the new acid , combined with potassa , mixed with hydro - sulphate and sulphate of potassa . Render this ...
... blue ( ferro - cyanite of potassa ) , added at intervals . Sulphuret of , iron is formed , and a colorless liquid , containing the new acid , combined with potassa , mixed with hydro - sulphate and sulphate of potassa . Render this ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 646 - Know therefore and Understand, that from the going forth of the commandment, to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks.
Pàgina 646 - And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Pàgina 547 - For life is a kind of Chess, in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want of it.
Pàgina 646 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary ; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Pàgina 614 - The wild exploits of those romantic knights who sallied forth in quest of adventures, are well known, and have been treated with proper ridicule. The political and permanent effects of the spirit of chivalry have been less observed.
Pàgina 614 - ... points. The admiration of these qualities, together with the high distinctions and prerogatives conferred on knighthood in every part of Europe, inspired persons of noble birth, on some occasions, with a species of military fanaticism, and led them to extravagant enterprises. But they deeply imprinted on their minds the principles of generosity and honour.
Pàgina 547 - ... and It is therefore best that these rules should be observed; as the game...
Pàgina 706 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Pàgina 646 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Pàgina 728 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.