The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... Italy , about Naples , of Sicily , Pro- vence , and the islands of the , Archipelago , and is cultivated in our gardens , and flowers in June and July . Turner ( in his Herbal in Hort . Kew . ) informs us , that it was culti- vated in ...
... Italy , about Naples , of Sicily , Pro- vence , and the islands of the , Archipelago , and is cultivated in our gardens , and flowers in June and July . Turner ( in his Herbal in Hort . Kew . ) informs us , that it was culti- vated in ...
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... Italy and Provence , and flowers from July to September . Its leaves are divided into segments , terminated with a ... Italian physician , was the first who contended that the itch ' was occasioned by this insect , an account of which ...
... Italy and Provence , and flowers from July to September . Its leaves are divided into segments , terminated with a ... Italian physician , was the first who contended that the itch ' was occasioned by this insect , an account of which ...
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... Italy , it is said , that the æolipile is commonly made use to cure smoky chinneys ; for being hung over the fire , the blast arising from it carries up the loitering smoke along with it . bular , with a bent tube , but in the EGO EOL.
... Italy , it is said , that the æolipile is commonly made use to cure smoky chinneys ; for being hung over the fire , the blast arising from it carries up the loitering smoke along with it . bular , with a bent tube , but in the EGO EOL.
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... Italian , with a baloon of oil silk , 10 feet in diameter , and weighing 11 pounds . It was gilt , in order to render it more beautiful and more imper- meable to the gas . This balloon , three- fourths of which were filled with ...
... Italian , with a baloon of oil silk , 10 feet in diameter , and weighing 11 pounds . It was gilt , in order to render it more beautiful and more imper- meable to the gas . This balloon , three- fourths of which were filled with ...
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... Italy . His balloon was made of oiled silk , painted in alternate stripes of blue and red . Its diameter was 33 feet . From a net which went over about two - thirds of the balloon , descended 45 cords to a hoop hanging below the balloon ...
... Italy . His balloon was made of oiled silk , painted in alternate stripes of blue and red . Its diameter was 33 feet . From a net which went over about two - thirds of the balloon , descended 45 cords to a hoop hanging below the balloon ...
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