The Treasury of Knowledge and Library of Reference: A million of facts [The book of facts, by Samuel L. Knapp, William C. Redfield, and othersC.C. Childs, 1850 |
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Page 43
... Oxygen 1,104 and 1.0359 Pearls 2.683 Nitrous gas 1.094 Peet , hard 1.329 Olefiant 0.978 Phosphorus 1.714 Azote 0.969 Platina 20.722 Carbonick oxide 0.957 Porcelain , China 2.38 Steam 0.6235 Porphyry , green 2.676 Ammoniacal 0.59 Pumice ...
... Oxygen 1,104 and 1.0359 Pearls 2.683 Nitrous gas 1.094 Peet , hard 1.329 Olefiant 0.978 Phosphorus 1.714 Azote 0.969 Platina 20.722 Carbonick oxide 0.957 Porcelain , China 2.38 Steam 0.6235 Porphyry , green 2.676 Ammoniacal 0.59 Pumice ...
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... oxygen in the air with antagonist elements in the lungs or parts equivalent ; and their power of locomotion from reacting by their muscles against the earth , water , or air . Reproduction is also evidenced in the growth of trees from ...
... oxygen in the air with antagonist elements in the lungs or parts equivalent ; and their power of locomotion from reacting by their muscles against the earth , water , or air . Reproduction is also evidenced in the growth of trees from ...
Page 67
... oxygen , which thereby parting with its previous motion , that motion received by the blood is ani- mal heat and the power and energy of the system , or the principle and cause of vitality . The arteries dis- tribute universally , and ...
... oxygen , which thereby parting with its previous motion , that motion received by the blood is ani- mal heat and the power and energy of the system , or the principle and cause of vitality . The arteries dis- tribute universally , and ...
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... oxygen , as 876 ° ; the difference between inspired oxygen and expired carbonick acid is 688 for every foot in 63 minutes , 0.53 ° per respiration , or 683 X 23 15824 ° + $ 7.6 ° , or 15911.6 in all , for heat and strength in ordinary ...
... oxygen , as 876 ° ; the difference between inspired oxygen and expired carbonick acid is 688 for every foot in 63 minutes , 0.53 ° per respiration , or 683 X 23 15824 ° + $ 7.6 ° , or 15911.6 in all , for heat and strength in ordinary ...
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... oxygen , hydrogen , carbon , and occasionally nitrogen . The proximate principles depend on the proportion of those elements ; as when the oxygen is in greater proportion than water , or less , or equal , or when there is nitrogen ...
... oxygen , hydrogen , carbon , and occasionally nitrogen . The proximate principles depend on the proportion of those elements ; as when the oxygen is in greater proportion than water , or less , or equal , or when there is nitrogen ...
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Page 257 - Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
Page 282 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
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