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Page 69
... bearing - metal is made of 45 per cent lead , 45 per cent zinc , 10 per cent antimony . Antimony is very deleterious to the work- ing properties of some metals , a very small proportion of it destroying entirely the malleability of gold ...
... bearing - metal is made of 45 per cent lead , 45 per cent zinc , 10 per cent antimony . Antimony is very deleterious to the work- ing properties of some metals , a very small proportion of it destroying entirely the malleability of gold ...
Page 81
... bearing in early spring a profusion of white and pink odor- ous blossoms ; of natu- ral order Ericaceae , native of e . N. America ; known also as Ground Laurel and Mayflower . Arcade . Series of arches ; common feature both of con ...
... bearing in early spring a profusion of white and pink odor- ous blossoms ; of natu- ral order Ericaceae , native of e . N. America ; known also as Ground Laurel and Mayflower . Arcade . Series of arches ; common feature both of con ...
Page 85
... bearing two grooves ) , and metopes ( square panels ) , the latter occupied by the sculptured and tinted reliefs that constitute the chief decora- tion of a Doric temple . Above the entablature at each end is the pediment , also ...
... bearing two grooves ) , and metopes ( square panels ) , the latter occupied by the sculptured and tinted reliefs that constitute the chief decora- tion of a Doric temple . Above the entablature at each end is the pediment , also ...
Page 105
... bearing their flowers on spadices generally more or less inclosed by a spathe , as in the Calla . Arum , WATER . Calla palustris . Beautiful white - flowered herb of the natural family Araceae , native of bogs in the cooler portions of ...
... bearing their flowers on spadices generally more or less inclosed by a spathe , as in the Calla . Arum , WATER . Calla palustris . Beautiful white - flowered herb of the natural family Araceae , native of bogs in the cooler portions of ...
Page 107
... Bearing asci or spore sacs , as the branches of the mycelium of many fungi . Ascogone . Cell or chain of cells on the mycelium of the Ascomycetes , from which the ascogynous hyphæ originate . Ascoli , GRAZIADIO ISAIA , b . 1829. Italian ...
... Bearing asci or spore sacs , as the branches of the mycelium of many fungi . Ascogone . Cell or chain of cells on the mycelium of the Ascomycetes , from which the ascogynous hyphæ originate . Ascoli , GRAZIADIO ISAIA , b . 1829. Italian ...
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