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  • ALKALYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/chymistry/ALKALY

    Alkali, or Alkathy, in Chemistry, a Name originally given, by the Arabians, to a Salt extracted from the Ashes of a Plant called Kali; and by us Glass-wort because used in the making of Glass. See KALI, and GRASS. Afterwards, the Term Alkaly became a...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Chymistry

  • ACIDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACID

    Criterion, then, of Acids, is, that they make a violent Effervescence, when mixed with another sort of Bodies, called Alkalies. See EFFERVESCENCE. Yet, this Property alone is not universally to be depended on, to determine a Body an Acid, without the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ACETOUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACETOUS

    mention diverse aceta, or acetous liquors; as, Acetum Alcalizatum; made of distilled vinegar, with the addition of some alkaline or volatile salt. See ALKALI. Acetum Philosophorum, a four kind of liquor; made by dissolving a little butter of antimony in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ALKACHESThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/chymistry/ALKACHEST

    Sutratar; for Nitrum, Mutrin, &c. 'tis supposed Alkahest is such a Word thus disguis'd. Hence some imagine it formed of Alkali est; and accordingly, that it was the Alkaline Salt of Tartar volatilized. This seems to have been Glauber’s Opinion; who...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Chymistry

  • ALCALIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALCALI

    ALCALI, Alkary, or rather Alkary. See ALKALY. ALCALI

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ALCALIZATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/chymistry/ALCALIZATION

    or Alkalization, Alcalizatio, in Chemistry, the Act of impregnating a Liquor with an alkaline Salt. See ALKALY.This is done either to make it a better Dissolvent, for some particular Purposes; or to load the Phlegm, so as it may not rise in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Chymistry
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