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The boy's own book; (1834)

[Clarke, William], 1800-1838 · Boston, Munroe and Francis · leaf 137

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as before, and put in three drachms of muriate oftin, and about ten drops of nitric acid. When the salt is dissolved, suspenda piece of zinc wire, as in the last experiment, and set the whole aside toprecipitate without disturbance. In a few hours the effect will be similarto that produced by the… … Put into a decanter four drachms of nitrate of silver, and fill up the de-canter with distilled or rain water; then drop in about an ounce of mercury, and place the vessel where itmay not be disturbed : in a shorttime the silver Avill be precipi-tated in the most beautiful arbo-rescent form,…

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