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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... quadrupeds , which have been supposed to consist of inspis- sated bile ; they are irregular , and of va- Species 1. Calculus of Genus I. . . . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . • • 6 . Genus II . . . 7 . · · • • • • . • 8 . 9 . . 10 . . • • • · rious ...
... quadrupeds , which have been supposed to consist of inspis- sated bile ; they are irregular , and of va- Species 1. Calculus of Genus I. . . . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . • • 6 . Genus II . . . 7 . · · • • • • . • 8 . 9 . . 10 . . • • • · rious ...
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... quadrupeds of seventeen feet . Its head is small ; its aspect gentle ; its fore- parts are much higher than those behind , its colours arranged so as particularly to please the eye , and its form , notwithstand- ing the very great ...
... quadrupeds of seventeen feet . Its head is small ; its aspect gentle ; its fore- parts are much higher than those behind , its colours arranged so as particularly to please the eye , and its form , notwithstand- ing the very great ...
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... quadrupeds . Monardes states that he saw one of these creatures leap from a high tower , and having reached the ground upon his horns , immediately , without any wound , dislocation , or contusion , rise on his feet . CAPRARIA , in ...
... quadrupeds . Monardes states that he saw one of these creatures leap from a high tower , and having reached the ground upon his horns , immediately , without any wound , dislocation , or contusion , rise on his feet . CAPRARIA , in ...
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... quadrupeds are known ; and those still more so that subsist entirely on roots , barks , fruits , grass , or other vegetables ; the brute have no cutting teeth either in the upper or lower jaw ; the pecora have them only in the lower jaw ...
... quadrupeds are known ; and those still more so that subsist entirely on roots , barks , fruits , grass , or other vegetables ; the brute have no cutting teeth either in the upper or lower jaw ; the pecora have them only in the lower jaw ...
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... quadruped ; it is of an oval form , and fat , with a slight convexity towards the base , desti- tute of hair , and completely covered with scaly divisions . The beaver was known to the ancients for its possession of that sebacious ...
... quadruped ; it is of an oval form , and fat , with a slight convexity towards the base , desti- tute of hair , and completely covered with scaly divisions . The beaver was known to the ancients for its possession of that sebacious ...
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