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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... sides , to keep off the rain these are filled with animal substances , such as dung , or other excre- ments , with the remains of vegetables , and old mortar , or other loose calcareous earth ; this substance being found to be the best ...
... sides , to keep off the rain these are filled with animal substances , such as dung , or other excre- ments , with the remains of vegetables , and old mortar , or other loose calcareous earth ; this substance being found to be the best ...
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... side of the ship , nor in the waist nor forecas- tle , but being situated in the middle , par- takes equally of all those places . NOMENCLATURE , a catalogue of se- veral of the most useful words in any lan- guage , with their ...
... side of the ship , nor in the waist nor forecas- tle , but being situated in the middle , par- takes equally of all those places . NOMENCLATURE , a catalogue of se- veral of the most useful words in any lan- guage , with their ...
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... sides and angles . In a regu lar nonagon , or that the sides and angles of which are equal , if each side be 1 , its 4 area will be 6.182 , nearly = of the tan- gent of 70 ° to the radius . NON claim , in law , where a person has a ...
... sides and angles . In a regu lar nonagon , or that the sides and angles of which are equal , if each side be 1 , its 4 area will be 6.182 , nearly = of the tan- gent of 70 ° to the radius . NON claim , in law , where a person has a ...
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... sides . N. Americana , grey , behind black ; scutel deep black , with a yellow dot each side at the base ; snout greenish at the base ; margin and tip of the upper wings black ; under wings black . It inhabits North Armerica . NOTOXUS ...
... sides . N. Americana , grey , behind black ; scutel deep black , with a yellow dot each side at the base ; snout greenish at the base ; margin and tip of the upper wings black ; under wings black . It inhabits North Armerica . NOTOXUS ...
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... sides unity ; as 12 , which is divisible by 2 , 3 , 4 , and 6. Numbers , as 12 and 15 , which have some common measure be- sides unity , are said to be compound num- bers among themselves . Cubic number , is the product of a square ...
... sides unity ; as 12 , which is divisible by 2 , 3 , 4 , and 6. Numbers , as 12 and 15 , which have some common measure be- sides unity , are said to be compound num- bers among themselves . Cubic number , is the product of a square ...
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