The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 4 |
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... species , of which I. tinctoria , dyer's woad , is a biennial plant , with a fusiform , fibrous root : stem upright ... species . ISERINE , in mineralogy , a species of the Menachine genus : it is of an iron - black , in- clining a ...
... species , of which I. tinctoria , dyer's woad , is a biennial plant , with a fusiform , fibrous root : stem upright ... species . ISERINE , in mineralogy , a species of the Menachine genus : it is of an iron - black , in- clining a ...
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... species . I. hippuris ; with white striate joints and black junctures ; it is found chiefly in the Indian seas , grow- ing to rocks , and is from two inches to two feet long . I. entrocha ; stem testaceous , round , with orbicular ...
... species . I. hippuris ; with white striate joints and black junctures ; it is found chiefly in the Indian seas , grow- ing to rocks , and is from two inches to two feet long . I. entrocha ; stem testaceous , round , with orbicular ...
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... species . ISOSCELES triangle , in geometry , one that has two equal sides . See GEOMETRY . ISSUE , in law , has many significations , sometimes being used for the children be- gotten between a man and his wife ; some- times for profit ...
... species . ISOSCELES triangle , in geometry , one that has two equal sides . See GEOMETRY . ISSUE , in law , has many significations , sometimes being used for the children be- gotten between a man and his wife ; some- times for profit ...
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... species , of which we shall notice the J. indus , or great Indian julus , which is six or seven inches long ; found in the warmer parts of Asia and America , inhabiting woods and other retir ed places . It has 115 legs on each side ...
... species , of which we shall notice the J. indus , or great Indian julus , which is six or seven inches long ; found in the warmer parts of Asia and America , inhabiting woods and other retir ed places . It has 115 legs on each side ...
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... species of these mosses are arranged in five subdivisions , in the fourteenth edition of " Systema Vegetabilium . ” Dr. Withering has forty - eight species in the third edition of his " Arrangement of British Plants ; " he says many of ...
... species of these mosses are arranged in five subdivisions , in the fourteenth edition of " Systema Vegetabilium . ” Dr. Withering has forty - eight species in the third edition of his " Arrangement of British Plants ; " he says many of ...
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