 Siberia by the natural cold. la its common ftate, therefore, it is to be eonfidered as a metal in fufi;on ; and fince, in its folid ftate, it is nearly as malleable as lead, it by no means ought to be placed among the femimetals, 'Otherwife the whole...  A Dissertation on Elective Attractions - Page 272by Torbern Bergman - 1785 - 382 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Axel Fredrik Cronstedt - Blowpipe - 1788 - 648 pages
...to be confidered as a few bodies, to which it has an attraction, it is faid that it does not wet. It metal in fufion ; and fince, in its folid ftate, it is nearly at malleable as lead, it by no means ought to be placed among the femi-metals, otherwife every other... | |
 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - Eighteenth century - 1794 - 538 pages
...it has been several times congealed in Siberia, by the natural cold) and since in its solid state, it is nearly as malleable as lead, it by no means ought to be ranked i*i any other class, than that of a distinct, and perfect metal. Minerals, in their strictest... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 424 pages
...therefore, according to Bergman (Treatife of F.ltQ. sfttruff,\ is to be confidered as a metal in fulion : and fince in its folid ftate it is nearly as malleable...lead, it by no means ought to be placed among the femimetab, otherwife every other «ntire metal fliould be confidered as brittle, for none is malleable... | |
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