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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... whole may receive the benefit of partial immersion ; whereby the 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 ...
... whole may receive the benefit of partial immersion ; whereby the 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 ...
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... whole , and give a firm footing , where before even a sheep would have been bogged . We must , however , state , that though some watered meadows will bear cattle , it is by no means adviseable to let any thing heavier than a sheep feed ...
... whole , and give a firm footing , where before even a sheep would have been bogged . We must , however , state , that though some watered meadows will bear cattle , it is by no means adviseable to let any thing heavier than a sheep feed ...
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... whole body of the stream rush through a narrow slip , so as to turn a wheel placed immediately in the line of the water's run . By this device , the current may be made to pass that particular spot with sufficient velocity to turn a ...
... whole body of the stream rush through a narrow slip , so as to turn a wheel placed immediately in the line of the water's run . By this device , the current may be made to pass that particular spot with sufficient velocity to turn a ...
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... whole of the inclined plane , D , might be irrigated to the greatest advantage ; the surplus - water draining off into the lower level of still - water , E , from which it would not be possible to raise the water to the superior parts ...
... whole of the inclined plane , D , might be irrigated to the greatest advantage ; the surplus - water draining off into the lower level of still - water , E , from which it would not be possible to raise the water to the superior parts ...
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... whole mass of blood driven by the heat towards the head and breast ; whence the hæmorrhage at the nose and mouth , which happens after death . This wind is especially destructive to per- sons of a plethoric habit , and those in whom ...
... whole mass of blood driven by the heat towards the head and breast ; whence the hæmorrhage at the nose and mouth , which happens after death . This wind is especially destructive to per- sons of a plethoric habit , and those in whom ...
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