A portable cyclopædia; or, Compendious dictionary of arts and sciences1810 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page
... centre of the earth to which they give this name . ACACIA , in botany , a name inaproper- I applied to several plants : as Gullandia , Guaiacum , Mimosa , Poincena , and Spar- tium , which terms see . In the antient materia medica ...
... centre of the earth to which they give this name . ACACIA , in botany , a name inaproper- I applied to several plants : as Gullandia , Guaiacum , Mimosa , Poincena , and Spar- tium , which terms see . In the antient materia medica ...
Page
... centre and principal part with wings is the most elegant and convenient form . When houses are planned too long mach ... centres , round at the branches and the angle obtus eat the top . From this time Gothic architecture began to ...
... centre and principal part with wings is the most elegant and convenient form . When houses are planned too long mach ... centres , round at the branches and the angle obtus eat the top . From this time Gothic architecture began to ...
Page
... centres , round at the branches and the angle obtus eat the top . From this time Gothic architecture be- gan to ... centre and principal part with who is the most elegant and convenient form When houses are planned too long me room ...
... centres , round at the branches and the angle obtus eat the top . From this time Gothic architecture be- gan to ... centre and principal part with who is the most elegant and convenient form When houses are planned too long me room ...
Page
... centre of the system and round the other planets in the following order : viz the Moon , Mercury , Venus , the Sun , Mars , Jupiter , and Saturn , be- yond which were placed the fixed stars . This system , however , is clogged with such ...
... centre of the system and round the other planets in the following order : viz the Moon , Mercury , Venus , the Sun , Mars , Jupiter , and Saturn , be- yond which were placed the fixed stars . This system , however , is clogged with such ...
Page
... centre of the sun , but if extended as far as the fixed stars they form different circles from each other and from the ecliptic ; one part of each orbit being on the north Bad the other on the south side of the ecl plic . Therefore the ...
... centre of the sun , but if extended as far as the fixed stars they form different circles from each other and from the ecliptic ; one part of each orbit being on the north Bad the other on the south side of the ecl plic . Therefore the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acid anatomy angle animal annual plant antient antimony astronomy axis bees birds body bones botany branches brown called calyx capsule centre circle class and order class of plants cloth colour common consists containing corolla decandria degrees denotes diameter digynia divided draw drupe earth ecliptic electricity ellipsis equal equation feet figure fish five flowers fluid fluxion four fruit genus genus of plants given glass globe grows head heat height heraldry herbaceous hyperbola inches Indies inserted kind leaves legs length meridian metal monogynia class monogynia order muscles native natural method ranking parabola pentandria class petals piece plane plate polygamia Prob proportion quantity resembles rises root round seeds shrub side species square stalk star stone substance surface tail term thick tion transverse processes tree triandria tural umbellate upper vessel West Indies yellow