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Cooley's Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts.by Arnold Cooley and Richard Tuson.Volume I PREFACE The design of the present work is briefly, but not completely expressed in its t.i.tle-page. Independently of a reli
- 13 =ACTINOGRAPH.= An instrument for registering the intensity of the chemical influence (_actinism_) of the sun's rays.=ACT, TOWNS IMPROVEMENT CLAUSES, 1847= (10 & 11 Vict., c. 34), The following provisions of this Act are incorporated in the Public Hea
- 12 _Char._ Usually from one to three inches long, not thicker than the finger at the crown, tapering, blackish-brown, internally whitish. A _minute_ portion, cautiously chewed, causes prolonged tingling and numbness.=ACONITI FOLIA.= See ACONITE LEAVES.=ACONI
- 11 _Obs._ These methods, though apparently complicated, are not difficult to perform, when once well understood. The application of heat after the completion of the operation is indispensable, as, if it were neglected, from 03 to 04 of a gr. of carbonic acid
- 10 This method answers well with all the stronger acids (excepting oxalic acid), even when dilute; and it has the advantage of not being affected by the presence of a neutral metallic salt with an acid reaction, as sulphate of copper, or of zinc.Besides this
- 9 =ACID=, _Syn._ ACIDUM, L.; ACIDE, Fr.; ACIDO, Ital.; SaURE, G. In familiar language, any substance possessing a sour taste. In _chemistry_, substances are said to be acid, or to have an acid reaction, when they are capable of turning blue litmus red. In _
- 8 Aldehyd. Oxygen. Acetic Acid.=2.= C_{2}H_{4}O + O = HC_{2}H_{3}O_{2} After the first formation of aldehyd, the two processes, unless artificially checked, go on simultaneously, as long as any undecomposed alcohol is present.The conversion of alcohol into
- 7 3. Acetic acid containing 20% of water may be deprived of a good deal of its superfluous water by standing over dry sulphate of soda. (Liebig.) It may then be used either with or without distillation.4. Acetic acid, of ordinary strength, may be concentrat
- 6 _Obs._ The above are the processes usually adopted, on the large scale, in this country.3. (M. Mollerat's process--without distillation.) Pure commercial acetate of soda, in coa.r.s.e powder, is placed in a hard glazed stoneware or gla.s.s pan or rec
- 5 =Acarus Siro=, the _cheese-mite_ (fig. _c_). The dry and powdery parts of decayed cheese, which by careful watching may very frequently be seen in movement, consist almost wholly of this insect and their eggs in different stages of development. The cheese
- 4 =ABSCESS.= A formation of matter or pus, resulting from inflammation, either acute or chronic. The symptoms are pain, swelling, heat, and redness, a conical projection on the swelling, often with a white point at the apex. Abscess or suppuration may come
- 3 _P. ae._, _part. aequal._, _partes aequales_, equal parts._P. d._, _per deliquium_, by deliquescence._Past._, _pastillus_, a pastil, or ball of paste._P._, _pondere_, by weight._Ph. D._, _Pharmacopia Dubliniensis_. _Ph. E._, _Pharmacopia Edinensis_._Ph. L
- 2 _Coq. in S. A._, _coque in sufficiente quant.i.tate aquae_, boil in a sufficient quant.i.ty of water._Cort._, _cortex_, bark._C. v._, _cras vespere_, to-morrow evening._C. m. s._, _cras mane sumendus_, to be taken to-morrow morning._C. n._, _cras nocte_,
- 1 Cooley's Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts.by Arnold Cooley and Richard Tuson.Volume I PREFACE The design of the present work is briefly, but not completely expressed in its t.i.tle-page. Independently of a reli