A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts, Volume 1G. G. and J. Robinson, 1797 - Science |
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afcertain afforded againſt alfo alkali alſo appears atmoſphere barytes becauſe cafe camphor carbonic carbonic acid caufe cauſe circumftances cold colour confequently confiderable confifts contained cornea cryſtals defcribed degrees diameter diffolved diminiſhed diſcharge diſtance electricity experiments falt fame fecond feems feen feparated fhall fhew fhould fide filk fimilar fimple fince firft firſt fluid fmall folid folution fome foon formed ftate fteel fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fulphate fulphuric acid fuppofed furface glafs glaſs grains greateſt heat hydrogene hydrometer inch increaſed inftrument iron itſelf laft laſt leaſt lefs leſs maſs meaſure mercury metallic moſt muriatic acid muſt neceffary nitre nitrous nitrous acid obferved occafion oxide oxygene paffed Philofophical phoſphate phoſphorus plate pofition pot-afh precipitate prefent preffure procefs produced purpoſe quantity rays reaſon refpect refraction refult ſeveral ſhall ſmall ſtate ſteel Strontian ſubſtance temperature thefe theſe thofe thoſe tube uſed veffel
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Page 417 - of water rarefied by fire driveth up forty of cold water. And a man that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that, one
Page 223 - feries of pilafters, arches, cailles well delineated, regular columns, lofty towers, fuperb palaces, with balconies and windows, extended alleys of trees, delightful plains with herds and flocks, armies of men on foot and horfeback, and many other
Page 224 - difperfed by the action of the wind or waves, or rarefied by the fun, it then happens that in this vapour, as in a curtain extended along the channel to the height of about thirty palms, and nearly down to the
Page 179 - ounces. The quantity of fixed air which was thus produced by the diamond does not differ much from that which, according to M. Lavoifier, might be obtained from an equal weight of charcoal. In the Memoirs of the French Academy of Sciences for the year 1781, he has related the various experiments which he made to afcertain the proportion of charcoal and
Page 223 - the bright furface of the water in the bay is not difturbed either by the wind or the current, the fpectator being placed on an eminence of the city, with his back to the fun and his face to the
Page 189 - by printing, or in any way made known to the public, in any part of Europe during
Page 304 - to the mufcle of the cryftalline ; which, by the contraction of its fibres, becomes more convex, and collects the diverging rays to a focus on the retina. The difpofition of fibres in each coat is- admirably adapted to produce this change ;: for fince the leaft furface that can contain a given bulk, is that of a fphere
Page 417 - by the force within them, and the one to fill after the other, I have feen the water run like a
Page 189 - importance to deferve this premium, in that cafe it is my defire that .the premium may not b'e given ; but that the value of it may be referved, and, being laid out -in the purchafe of additional
Page 417 - be ftrong enough ; for I have taken a piece of a whole cannon whereof the end was buril, and filled it