A portable cyclopędia; or, Compendious dictionary of arts and sciences1810 |
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... colour , but of various tinges , sometimes nearly violet , and others fading to a pale rose- colour . It is reduced to a colourless state by putting it into the fire , after which it resembles the diamond except in hardness . The ...
... colour , but of various tinges , sometimes nearly violet , and others fading to a pale rose- colour . It is reduced to a colourless state by putting it into the fire , after which it resembles the diamond except in hardness . The ...
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... colour of the back is cinereous , marked jaculus or dart snake , is about three handa breadth long , and the thickness of a little finger . It is of a light grey colour , varie gated with small black spots ; the belly is white ; the ...
... colour of the back is cinereous , marked jaculus or dart snake , is about three handa breadth long , and the thickness of a little finger . It is of a light grey colour , varie gated with small black spots ; the belly is white ; the ...
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... colours . The occidental is of a yellowish white , and smells like frankincense . Both are used in medicine and perfumery . ANIME , in heraldry , is when the eyes of a ravenous animal are born of a di- ferent colour from the creature ...
... colours . The occidental is of a yellowish white , and smells like frankincense . Both are used in medicine and perfumery . ANIME , in heraldry , is when the eyes of a ravenous animal are born of a di- ferent colour from the creature ...
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... colour of a brown red . 13. Strep siceros , or striped antelope , is a native of ANTELOPE , a genus of quadrupeds the country about the Cape of Good Hope , hese generic character is , the horns it is near niae feet in length , and four ...
... colour of a brown red . 13. Strep siceros , or striped antelope , is a native of ANTELOPE , a genus of quadrupeds the country about the Cape of Good Hope , hese generic character is , the horns it is near niae feet in length , and four ...
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... colours . The occidental is of a yellowish white , and smells like frankincense . Both are used in medicine and perfumery . ANIME , in heraldry , is when the eyes of a ravenous animal are born of a di : - ferent colour from t e creature ...
... colours . The occidental is of a yellowish white , and smells like frankincense . Both are used in medicine and perfumery . ANIME , in heraldry , is when the eyes of a ravenous animal are born of a di : - ferent colour from t e creature ...
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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