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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... surface may be duly supplied with moisture , and the vegetable produc- tions intended to be encouraged , should be enabled to put forth abundantly , and to yield a good crop . Irrigation is with us ra- ther a novel practice , but was ...
... surface may be duly supplied with moisture , and the vegetable produc- tions intended to be encouraged , should be enabled to put forth abundantly , and to yield a good crop . Irrigation is with us ra- ther a novel practice , but was ...
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... surfaces will crack , their crops will be precarious , and their seasons for feeding must depend entirely on the ... surface of each drain , ought to be placed , face downwards , between it and the land it is to overflow ; being made ...
... surfaces will crack , their crops will be precarious , and their seasons for feeding must depend entirely on the ... surface of each drain , ought to be placed , face downwards , between it and the land it is to overflow ; being made ...
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... surface . Internally it is glistering , and its lustre is semi - metallic . Specific gravity 4.5 . Before the blow - pipe , it melts into a blackish - brown coloured glass , which is slightly attracted by the magnet . composed of Oxide ...
... surface . Internally it is glistering , and its lustre is semi - metallic . Specific gravity 4.5 . Before the blow - pipe , it melts into a blackish - brown coloured glass , which is slightly attracted by the magnet . composed of Oxide ...
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... surface is a little elliptical , to the end of which a small hair - brush is nailed , and with a saw knife the membranes on each side of the sound must be scraped off . The knife is rubbed upon the brush occasionally , to clear its ...
... surface is a little elliptical , to the end of which a small hair - brush is nailed , and with a saw knife the membranes on each side of the sound must be scraped off . The knife is rubbed upon the brush occasionally , to clear its ...
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... surface , surrounded with loose stone , forming what is called a kiln ; fresh quanti- ties being added , and the whole being fre- quently stirred until it become semi - fluid , which , when cold , forms hard masses . KELP , a fixed salt ...
... surface , surrounded with loose stone , forming what is called a kiln ; fresh quanti- ties being added , and the whole being fre- quently stirred until it become semi - fluid , which , when cold , forms hard masses . KELP , a fixed salt ...
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