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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... wheel - shap- ed ; filaments inserted between the seg- ments of the corolla ; berry four - celled , many seeded , all villose . There is but one species ; viz . C. guianensis , is a shrub growing to the height of fifteen feet ; it is a ...
... wheel - shap- ed ; filaments inserted between the seg- ments of the corolla ; berry four - celled , many seeded , all villose . There is but one species ; viz . C. guianensis , is a shrub growing to the height of fifteen feet ; it is a ...
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... wheels and pinions , on pump work , and several other ingenious me- moirs . In 1736 he was sent , in company with Messrs . Clairaut , Maupertuis , and Mon- nier , upon the celebrated expedition to measure a degree at the north polar cir ...
... wheels and pinions , on pump work , and several other ingenious me- moirs . In 1736 he was sent , in company with Messrs . Clairaut , Maupertuis , and Mon- nier , upon the celebrated expedition to measure a degree at the north polar cir ...
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... wheels , about four feet and a half high , on a solid wooden or an iron axle , and suspended by their trunnions on the two cheeks , which are as near to each other as the size of the cannon will permit , tapering down a little towards ...
... wheels , about four feet and a half high , on a solid wooden or an iron axle , and suspended by their trunnions on the two cheeks , which are as near to each other as the size of the cannon will permit , tapering down a little towards ...
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... wheels : H is a rack fastened by its ends to puppets wedged on the bed , passing through the block G : a pinion which works in this rack is attached to the block G , and its spindle has a wheel , I , with pins projecting from it : K is ...
... wheels : H is a rack fastened by its ends to puppets wedged on the bed , passing through the block G : a pinion which works in this rack is attached to the block G , and its spindle has a wheel , I , with pins projecting from it : K is ...
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... of throne , mounted on wheels , and used in triumphs and other solemn occasions . The carr on medals , drawn by horses , lions , or elephants , signifies a triumph , or an apotheosis ; sometimes a procession of the images of the CAR CAR.
... of throne , mounted on wheels , and used in triumphs and other solemn occasions . The carr on medals , drawn by horses , lions , or elephants , signifies a triumph , or an apotheosis ; sometimes a procession of the images of the CAR CAR.
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