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Pulverization

The reduction of any substance to dust or powder is generally | ceases to dissolve any more of it. An acid is performed by means of a pestle and mortar, or, saturated with an alkali when sufficient of the on a larger scale, by stamping, grinding or alkali has been added to completely neutralize milling. A few soft substances, as carbonate the acid, and vice versa of magnesia, carbonate of lead, &c., may be

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