Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N. Bosworth assisted by other gentlemen of eminence, Volume 41819 |
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... piece of fine silver wire - gauze , in order to prevent the latter from escaping , while the former is allowed to pass . But , if notwithstanding the fatal conse- quences arising from the use of metallic uten sils , or of earthen ...
... piece of fine silver wire - gauze , in order to prevent the latter from escaping , while the former is allowed to pass . But , if notwithstanding the fatal conse- quences arising from the use of metallic uten sils , or of earthen ...
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... piece of gold , first coined by Darius the Mede , about 538 years before Christ ; probably during his stay at Babylon . From thence it was dispersed over the East , and also into Greece ; so that the Persian daric , which was also ...
... piece of gold , first coined by Darius the Mede , about 538 years before Christ ; probably during his stay at Babylon . From thence it was dispersed over the East , and also into Greece ; so that the Persian daric , which was also ...
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... piece ; two middle claws of the fore - feet large , length a foot . Inhabits Brazil : feeds on fruit and poultry . 2. D. octocinctus . Eight - banded armadillo . Bands eight ; shields two , sprinkled with pro- minal white knobs ; bands ...
... piece ; two middle claws of the fore - feet large , length a foot . Inhabits Brazil : feeds on fruit and poultry . 2. D. octocinctus . Eight - banded armadillo . Bands eight ; shields two , sprinkled with pro- minal white knobs ; bands ...
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... piece of tim- ber , with a notch at one end , wherein , by a strap hangs the fish - block . The use of this block is to help up the fluke of the anchor , and to fasten it at the ship's bow , or loof . The davit is shiftable from one ...
... piece of tim- ber , with a notch at one end , wherein , by a strap hangs the fish - block . The use of this block is to help up the fluke of the anchor , and to fasten it at the ship's bow , or loof . The davit is shiftable from one ...
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... piece of wood , about two feet long , is fastened , so that it may move up and down at pleasure : and fasten to this longer stick a small line , which running through a hole in the stick , and so coming up to the place where you are to ...
... piece of wood , about two feet long , is fastened , so that it may move up and down at pleasure : and fasten to this longer stick a small line , which running through a hole in the stick , and so coming up to the place where you are to ...
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