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Definition of Earths
1. earth [v] - See also: earth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Earths
Literary usage of Earths
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"All of the rare earths are then present in the solution as chlorides. 2.
Acid Extraction. Decomposition of the finely pulverized sample may be effected by ..."
2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"The nitrates of the rare earths dissolve readily in water or alcohol, ... The rare
earths dissolve in dilute sulphuric acid, and the solutions deposit ..."
3. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"... formed of the different earths more or lefs combined with each other, ...
the general heads of earths, lean, fat, mineral, and arenaceous ; minerals, ..."
4. The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy by Humphry Davy, John Davy (1840)
"In the last experiments that I made on the metallization of the earths by
amalgamation, I paid particular attention to the state of the products formed, ..."
5. The Chemical Catechism: With Notes, Illustrations and Experiments by Samuel Parkes (1810)
"V. • OF earths* 3 are lite principal characters of a simple earth ? The earths
are incombustible bodies, and in general are unalterable in the fire. ..."
6. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"The separation of the rare earths by the fractional precipitation of their
hydroxides upon electrolysis of solutions of their salts at voltages considerably ..."
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