Cyclopædia
Assuming corrosion is required, the following 11 results were found.
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AIRhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/AIR
or in so great Plenty." Among the several ways of doing this, the fittest for practice, he observes, 'are Fermentation, Corrosion, Dissolution, Decomposition; the boiling of Waters and other Fluids; and the mutual Action of Bodies, especially saline...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Physics
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ARSENIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/ARSENIC
ARSENIC, Arsenicum, in natural history, a ponderous mineral substance, extremely caustic or corrosive, to the degree of a violent poison. See FOSSIL, CORROSIVE, etc. The word is compounded of the Greek ἀρσεν, man, and νικᾶ, I overcome, kill; alluding to...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Natural History
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AURUM POTABILEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AURUM%20POTABILE
AURUM POTABILE, potable gold, is a composition made of gold, by reducing it, without any corrosive, into a gum, or substance like honey, of the colour of blood; which gum steeped in spirit of wine, acquires a ruby-colour, and is called tincture of gold....
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ANTIMONYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/ANTIMONY
ANTIMONY, Antimonium, in Natural History, a Mineral Substance, of a Metallic Nature; having all the seeming Characters of a real Metal, excepting Malleability. See MINERAL and METAL. Antimony is what we properly call a Semi-Metal; being a Fossil Glebe,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Natural History
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ANEMOMETERhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANEMOMETER
usually proceed from an Artery being accidentally cut, or pricked in bleeding; or from some preternatural Distention, or a Corrosion of its Coats, etc. See PHLEBOTOMY. If an Artery happen to be cut, the Blood gushes out impetuously, by starts; and is...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ANABROSIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ANABROSIS
in Medicine, the issuing of Blood at a Hole worn in a Vein by Corrosion. The Word is Greek, ἀνάφρωσις (anabrosis), corrosion. ANABROSIS
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Medicine
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AQUAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/hydrology/AQUA
AQUA, in natural History, Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, etc. See WATER. The Word is pure Latin, and supposed to be compounded of a and qua, q.d. from which; alluding to the Opinion that Water is the Basis or Matter of all Bodies. Aqua fortis, is a...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Hydrology
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ANTHRAXhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTHRAX
ANTHRAX, ἄνθραξ, strictly means a live Coal; and figuratively, a Scab or Blotch, made by a corrosive Humour, which, as it were, burns the Skin, and occasions sharp pricking Pains. The Anthrax is also called Carbo and Carbunculus. See CARBUNCLE. The Cure...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ABRASIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ABRASION
ABRASION, is Sometimes used among Medical Writers for the Act of wearing away the natural Mucus which covers the Membranes, and particularly those of the Stomach and Intestines, by sharp corrosive Medicines, or Humors. See STOMACH, and INTESTINES. The...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Medicine
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ANTHRACOSIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTHRACOSIS
ANTHRACOSIS, a Disease of the Eyes, occasioned by a corrosive Ulcer, covered with Skin, and attended with a general Swelling, especially of the Parts about the Eye. See EYE and ULCER. The Word is Greek ἄνθρακωσις, and denotes an Inflammation resembling...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ACRIMONYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACRIMONY
ACRIMONY, Asperity or Sharpness, expresses a Quality in Bodies, by which they corrode, destroy, or dissolve others. See CORROSION, etc.Salts are only caustic in virtue of their Acrimony. See SALT, CAUSTIC, etc. The Acrimony of the Bile is supposed to...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified