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 3Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... animals , when prepared after the same manner as that of the buffalo , are likewise called buffs . BUFFALO , in zoology , an animal of the ox kind , with very large , crooked , and resupinated horns . See Bos . BUFFONIA , in botany , so ...
... animals , when prepared after the same manner as that of the buffalo , are likewise called buffs . BUFFALO , in zoology , an animal of the ox kind , with very large , crooked , and resupinated horns . See Bos . BUFFONIA , in botany , so ...
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... animals . One day ( viz . September 7th , 1799 ) an experiment was made of how much this man could eat in one day ... Animal a limax ; shell univalve , convolute , un- armed with teeth ; aperture a little straightened , oblong ...
... animals . One day ( viz . September 7th , 1799 ) an experiment was made of how much this man could eat in one day ... Animal a limax ; shell univalve , convolute , un- armed with teeth ; aperture a little straightened , oblong ...
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... animals , cabinets of birds , of fishes , rep- tiles , and other similar articles , as a mode of expressing such an assemblage of natu- ral history , as may not be of sufficient im- portance to deserve the epithet of a mu- seum . The ...
... animals , cabinets of birds , of fishes , rep- tiles , and other similar articles , as a mode of expressing such an assemblage of natu- ral history , as may not be of sufficient im- portance to deserve the epithet of a mu- seum . The ...
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... animal albumen . These principles being more or less common , and in different proportions , give rise to numerous varieties . The calculi most common are those composed of uric acid ; they are gene- rally of a brown or yellowish colour ...
... animal albumen . These principles being more or less common , and in different proportions , give rise to numerous varieties . The calculi most common are those composed of uric acid ; they are gene- rally of a brown or yellowish colour ...
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... animal matter , which appears to serve as the cement or connecting substance , than upon the uric acid ; and in endeavouring to discover solvents for these concrections , our views ought perhaps rather to be di- rected to this operation ...
... animal matter , which appears to serve as the cement or connecting substance , than upon the uric acid ; and in endeavouring to discover solvents for these concrections , our views ought perhaps rather to be di- rected to this operation ...
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