10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCALESCENT»
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incalescent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Robert Boyle Reconsidered
Boyle believed that this incalescent mercury held great power in reference to the
preparation of the Philosophers' Stone. Boyle's interest in this one substance
alone spanned nearly forty years, from its first preparation in 1652 to its inclusion
in ...
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The Philosophical Transactions and Collections to the End of ...
1 the less wonder at this latter Opinion, because having purposely enquired of
several prying Alchymists, they have apart ingeniously confessed to me, that they
never actually saw any incalescent Mercury, though they had sometimes heard it
...
Royal Society (Great Britain)., John Lowthorp, 1749
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Walker remodelled: Smart's pronouncing dictionary of the ...
INCALESCENT. = In'-ca-les"-cent,. a. (See In- : here, and as follows, it is pos.)
Growing warm ; increasing in heat. Hence*, In'-ca-leV-cencc, or In'-ca-les"-cen-ey
, t. lN-CAM'-EB-A"-r/ON, 8. Act of plucing in a chamber or office; specially, the act
...
John Walker, Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (Mich.), 1871
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The Works ... to which is Prefixed the Life of the Author. A ...
IHsOss-LlCl'l that one of them having imposed upon an honest chemist, well
known, and much employed, with a pretended incalescent mercury, they had the
confidence to bring fur'mercurius, qui int-closed! tum auro, z'd q/i, qui, a'um 'rude
...
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Philosophical Transactions to the Year ____ Abridged and ...
... at this latter Opinion, because having purposely enquired of several prying
Alcbymists, they have apart ingenuously consesied to me, that they never
actually saw any incalescent Mercury, though they had some- si times heard it
boasted of.
Royal Society (Great Britain), 1731
INCALCULABLE, a. in-kdlku-ld-M [P. incalculable: in, not, and Eng. calculable]:
not to be computed or reckoned. Incal culablt, ad. -id-oil. INCALESCENCE, n. in-
ka-les sent, or Incalescency, n. -ti: the state of being incalescent; a growing warm;
...
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Rethinking the Scientific Revolution
12 Additionally, I have elsewhere argued that Boyle's famous but previously
problematic paper in the Philosophical Transactions on an "incalescent" mercury
is in fact a plea for direct advice from alchemical adepti regarding the method of ...
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Company / Ill Seen Ill Said / Worstward Ho / Stirrings Still
These are followed by a so-called 'Poetic miscalculation': from y to 2 95.1 % to
the dearest decimal dead incalescent The notion of getting hotter — incalescent
— or of being close to the 'worst' but not quite there yet, characterizes Beckett's ...
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The Philosophical Transactions and Collections: Abridged and ...
... because having purposely enquired of several Prying Alchymists, they have a
part ingenuously Confessed to me, that they never actually saw any Incalescent
Mercury : though they had sometimes heard it boasted of. But notwithstanding all
...
Royal society of London, 1705
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Philosophical Transactions and Collections: Abridged and ...
I the less wonder at this latter Opinion, because having purposely enquired of
several prying Æchymists, they have apart ingeniously confessed to me, that they
never actually saw any incalescent Mercury, though they had sometimes heard it
...
Royal Society (Great Britain), 1749
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCALESCENT»
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incalescent is used in the context of the following news items.
The Serena way is the winning way
... tussle with Vera Zvonareva on a day when Melbourne once again turned incalescent after an interval of unseasonably cool weather. It hasn't ... «ESPN, Jan 15»
Beckett explores colour, form, nature with paint and words
Her own three-line, four-line and dispassionate free verses alongside the exhibits are viewed for their incalescent simplicity. They connote a ... «Trinidad Guardian, Jul 12»
