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... carbonic acid gas , which were after- ward more fully developed in his essay on Magnesia and Quick- lime . When he took his degree in medicine , he sent some copies of his essay to his father in Bourdeaux ; and one was given by the old ...
... carbonic acid gas , which were after- ward more fully developed in his essay on Magnesia and Quick- lime . When he took his degree in medicine , he sent some copies of his essay to his father in Bourdeaux ; and one was given by the old ...
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... carbonic parts , forming a substance very unlike the residuum obtained after ... carbonic gas would be for- ced to remain ; the generation of quick lime ... acid gas is driven off , the earth loses its fluidity , and and appears in a ...
... carbonic parts , forming a substance very unlike the residuum obtained after ... carbonic gas would be for- ced to remain ; the generation of quick lime ... acid gas is driven off , the earth loses its fluidity , and and appears in a ...
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... Carbonic acid and other volatile matter 5 . 98 . with some traces of magnesia and muriatic acid . MATHEMATICS , PHILOSOPHY , & c . Meteorological Abstract for the Years 1797 , 1798 , and 1799 . Communicated by John Playfair , F.R.S. ...
... Carbonic acid and other volatile matter 5 . 98 . with some traces of magnesia and muriatic acid . MATHEMATICS , PHILOSOPHY , & c . Meteorological Abstract for the Years 1797 , 1798 , and 1799 . Communicated by John Playfair , F.R.S. ...
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... carbonic acid , and owing their occasional effervescence with acids to an accidental ad- mixture of carbonate of ... Carbonic acid Water 0.714 0.135 0.151 1.000 besides a minute portion of the carbonates of lead and lime , which seemed ...
... carbonic acid , and owing their occasional effervescence with acids to an accidental ad- mixture of carbonate of ... Carbonic acid Water 0.714 0.135 0.151 1.000 besides a minute portion of the carbonates of lead and lime , which seemed ...
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Carbonic acid 0.352 Calx of lime 0.648 1.000 The Derbyshire calamine , of Carbonic acid Calx of lime Electrical calamine , from Regbania in Hungary , afforded 0.348 0.652 1.000 Quartz Calx of lime Water Loss 0.250 0.683 0.044 0.977 ...
Carbonic acid 0.352 Calx of lime 0.648 1.000 The Derbyshire calamine , of Carbonic acid Calx of lime Electrical calamine , from Regbania in Hungary , afforded 0.348 0.652 1.000 Quartz Calx of lime Water Loss 0.250 0.683 0.044 0.977 ...
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