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By thi toion of antimony with all thefc acids, faline com -
The Economy of Nature Explained and Illustrated: On the Principles of Modern Philosophy. By G ... 1798
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This combuftlble fabftance confifts of two ingredients, a faline br metallic, and a purely fulphureous ot phlogiftic part.
Chemical Experiments and Opinions Extracted from a Work Published in the Last Century 1790
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'The faline part, which he imagines, from Ihe attraction of fulphur for alkalis, rathef io be of an alkaline nature, is that which is
Chemical Experiments and Opinions Extracted from a Work Published in the Last Century 1790
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Finally, What faline matter, or what ffldxturc of phlogifton with faline matter, is
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And the faline mafies, which are obtainable from their folutions, are tranfparenc and colourlefs, while they retain the water which is eflential to their cryftallization, and are not flawed, or reduced to powder.
Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester 1785
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I might draw fome arguments, in addition to thcfe, from fome experiments I have lately made, to afcertain the effe6ls of air impregnated with various effluvia, of light, and of faline folutions, on the'growth and qualities of vege - tables J but thefe, being as yet incomplete,
Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester 1785
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If the whey be evaporated, it yields a much larger proportion of faline and faccharine mat - ter, than the milk of any other animal.
A father's instructions; moral tales, fables, and reflections 1781
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Add to this, that Vellum, or Parchment lubes, of which common Telcfcopes arc made, will not bear the Action of a faline Atmofphere, which foon difcolours them, dertroys their Texture, and renders them unfit for Ufe, unlefs they are taken very great Care of indeed, and kept in proper Cafes.
The Young Gentleman and Lady's Philosophy: In a Continued Survey of the Works of Nature and Art ... 1781
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Becaufe all Salts are cold, 9nd as the Breath that proceeds from Marble Lungs muft ofconfequence be cold, it may therefore be called faline.
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Howjudici - oufly does our Poet fumifti his Monarch with Lungs adapted to every thing about him For had they been of meer Flefti and Blood, they muft have thawM his Throne, his Coach, and his very Dominions, and forced the poor Prince to patldle in warm Water of his own making.. ". '■ ■ ■ • i Swift from the PufFdefcends a faline Shower,
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