JB/106/068/001

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1o. By Exsiccation 2o. By preventing the reabsorption of moisture
Exsiccation. 1o. The greatest part of the mosture carried off
by exposure to a blast of common air - to wind &c.

2. The rest by carried away by heated air previously dried
by exposure when cold to diliquescent salts: as.
lime? Caustic potash? - Common Salt.- Nitrate of Ammonia
Nitrate of lime, Nz, Muriat of lime or of Magnesia Mj,f,z:
Mn, k, nk, l, t, c. -Aq, v: Citq Maly o v e Lactate
Benzoat of potass, r, &c

Qu. Would not the following Apparatus: answer every purpose.

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a, cooling chamber into which air
descends before it passes thro salts

b: cold water, or ice.

c: shelves strewed with Nitrate of lime &c over which the air passes along

d tube thro' which the air passes to e, the heating chamber.

f; fire by which the water in g is heated: h: materials to be
exsiccated.

N.B. The Air will descend in a & ascend in e & h in
consequence of its different specific gravityies at these places.

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Identifier: | JB/106/068/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 106.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	106	Main Headings	frigidarium
Folio number	068	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles	exclusion of moisture
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f5 / / /
Penner	fr4	Watermarks	pot 1796
Marginals		Paper Producer	fc6
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1796
Notes public	includes drawings	ID Number	34656
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