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... acid , which is soluble in cold water , and catechin or catechuic acid , which is nearly insoluble in cold but soluble in boiling water . The latter can be separated in the state of minute , acicular , colourless crystals . It is often ...
... acid , which is soluble in cold water , and catechin or catechuic acid , which is nearly insoluble in cold but soluble in boiling water . The latter can be separated in the state of minute , acicular , colourless crystals . It is often ...
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... acid . Darwin had been impressed with the colours of caterpillars , which , occurring as they do on larvæ , could not be referred to the action of sexual selection . Though , as an excep- tion , a male caterpillar may be much brighter ...
... acid . Darwin had been impressed with the colours of caterpillars , which , occurring as they do on larvæ , could not be referred to the action of sexual selection . Though , as an excep- tion , a male caterpillar may be much brighter ...
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... acid , which acts as an Antiseptic ( q.v. ) , an i arrests decomposition . The best strings come from Italy , and are used for musical instruments . Itse are known as Roman strings , but they are de in several Italian towns , the most ...
... acid , which acts as an Antiseptic ( q.v. ) , an i arrests decomposition . The best strings come from Italy , and are used for musical instruments . Itse are known as Roman strings , but they are de in several Italian towns , the most ...
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... acid - it is acidulated water - the acid being derived from the atmosphere and the decaying organic matter of the soil , & c . Water thus charged with carbonic acid has the power of dissolving limestone - i.e . it takes up a certain ...
... acid - it is acidulated water - the acid being derived from the atmosphere and the decaying organic matter of the soil , & c . Water thus charged with carbonic acid has the power of dissolving limestone - i.e . it takes up a certain ...
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... acid gas is in an essentially similar way got rid of . Further , more solid ashes ' of the vital com- bustion are formed in the Amorba and in other actively living cells , and may pass out in excre- tion along with the refuse of ...
... acid gas is in an essentially similar way got rid of . Further , more solid ashes ' of the vital com- bustion are formed in the Amorba and in other actively living cells , and may pass out in excre- tion along with the refuse of ...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 3 Affichage du livre entier - 1871 |
Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 3 Affichage du livre entier - 1886 |
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