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Aqua regia, in this manner, dif - folves half its weight of tin.
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An heat above i? o° coa - golates it, whether it be applied to the farinaceous matter immedi - ately, or whether it be applied to a folution of it in water* It dif - folves by long boiling in water after it is coagulated, and now forms a folution not near fo vifcid, adhefive, or tenacious, as it does when diflolved in a lefs heat than is fufficient to coagulate it.
The Monthly Review 1791
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But - in phyfical refearches, we helitate not to yield our aflent to a theory, that folves the phaenomena which it profeffes to explain:
A father's instructions; moral tales, fables, and reflections 1781
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Sti tn mtDmintufquiquot Meanwhile leaves not to be at peace ia it; She jre - folves to make the term of her Jafc to be that of her Patience* and at once to wage
Moral Essays: Contain'd in Several Treatises on Many Important Duties 1677
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At easdem amicas fbre tibi promitto, rem ubi cognorint M ij Nam illas errore, et te fimul fufpicione ex "folves.
Publii Terentii Afri Comoediae sex novissime recognitae cum selecta varietate lectionum et ... 1779
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folves, n.
The Guardian, 4 February 2016:
February 29, 2016