American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... driving piles , used building Westminster bridge , is con . structed as follows : A , ( Plate V. Miscel . fig . 3. ) is the great shaft , on which are grass intermixed with plants , since so admirably delineated in ENGINE .
... driving piles , used building Westminster bridge , is con . structed as follows : A , ( Plate V. Miscel . fig . 3. ) is the great shaft , on which are grass intermixed with plants , since so admirably delineated in ENGINE .
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... plants , since so admirably delineated in etchings . A gold . smith of Florence , named Maso Finiguer- ra , is said to have discovered the art ; but this assertion must undoubtedly merely apply to his obtaining impressions from lines ...
... plants , since so admirably delineated in etchings . A gold . smith of Florence , named Maso Finiguer- ra , is said to have discovered the art ; but this assertion must undoubtedly merely apply to his obtaining impressions from lines ...
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... plants , but unfortunately a few months practice will enable a pu- pil to etch them on copper with greater truth : drapery and architecture may be well done in wood , but the faces and limbs of figures never look well . Such are the ...
... plants , but unfortunately a few months practice will enable a pu- pil to etch them on copper with greater truth : drapery and architecture may be well done in wood , but the faces and limbs of figures never look well . Such are the ...
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... plants which have hermaphrodite flowers , with nine stamina or male or- gans . The orders , or secondary divisions in this class , are three , being founded on the number of the styles , seed buds , or female organs . Laurus , tinus ...
... plants which have hermaphrodite flowers , with nine stamina or male or- gans . The orders , or secondary divisions in this class , are three , being founded on the number of the styles , seed buds , or female organs . Laurus , tinus ...
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... plants vary extremely . Some in the south of Europe , are only a hand in height , whilst others are three feet : they are found in most of the southern parts of the Russian dominions , from the Volga to the Lena , and southwards to ...
... plants vary extremely . Some in the south of Europe , are only a hand in height , whilst others are three feet : they are found in most of the southern parts of the Russian dominions , from the Volga to the Lena , and southwards to ...
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