American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... appearing in July , which are succeeded by roundish capsules , ripening in the au- tumn . Sir Walter Raleigh , on ... appears , that he did not permit his various subjects of inquiry to divert his thoughts from a due attention to the ...
... appearing in July , which are succeeded by roundish capsules , ripening in the au- tumn . Sir Walter Raleigh , on ... appears , that he did not permit his various subjects of inquiry to divert his thoughts from a due attention to the ...
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... appears to be produced in all situa- tions , where animal matters are com- pletely decomposed with access of air , and of proper substances with which it can readily combine . Grounds frequent- ly trodden by cattle , and impregnated ...
... appears to be produced in all situa- tions , where animal matters are com- pletely decomposed with access of air , and of proper substances with which it can readily combine . Grounds frequent- ly trodden by cattle , and impregnated ...
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... appears , however , to be capable of combining with some at least of the salifiable bases , so as to form a dis- tinct genus of salts , that may be termed nitrites . But these cannot be formed by a direct union of their component parts ...
... appears , however , to be capable of combining with some at least of the salifiable bases , so as to form a dis- tinct genus of salts , that may be termed nitrites . But these cannot be formed by a direct union of their component parts ...
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... appearing in the winged or most perfect state . The eggs of insects are first hatched into a kind of worms , or maggots ; which afterwards pass into the nymph - state , sur- rounded with shells or cases of their own skins ; so that , in ...
... appearing in the winged or most perfect state . The eggs of insects are first hatched into a kind of worms , or maggots ; which afterwards pass into the nymph - state , sur- rounded with shells or cases of their own skins ; so that , in ...
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... appear as well cut , and as accurately divided , as if they had been the performance of a modern artist . The execution , in the construction of these instruments , exhibits an extraordinary mathematical exactness in the fixing ...
... appear as well cut , and as accurately divided , as if they had been the performance of a modern artist . The execution , in the construction of these instruments , exhibits an extraordinary mathematical exactness in the fixing ...
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