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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... Romans , it denoted 500 , and with a dash over it , thus A , 5000. A , a , or aa , among physicians , denote ana , or an equal weight , or quantity , of several ingredients . AAM , or HAAM , a liquid measure used by the Dutch , equal to ...
... Romans , it denoted 500 , and with a dash over it , thus A , 5000. A , a , or aa , among physicians , denote ana , or an equal weight , or quantity , of several ingredients . AAM , or HAAM , a liquid measure used by the Dutch , equal to ...
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... Roman invasion , the inhabitants were acquainted with certain manures , particularly marl . During the possession of the island by the Romans , great quantities of grain were exported from it , and it cannot be doubted that , as in ...
... Roman invasion , the inhabitants were acquainted with certain manures , particularly marl . During the possession of the island by the Romans , great quantities of grain were exported from it , and it cannot be doubted that , as in ...
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... Roman writers on agricul- ture , and is particularly mentioned by them . In stiff clays it is of little service , and it is practised with desired effect only where the soil is of that porous substance which easily admits the passage of ...
... Roman writers on agricul- ture , and is particularly mentioned by them . In stiff clays it is of little service , and it is practised with desired effect only where the soil is of that porous substance which easily admits the passage of ...
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... Romans . The Jansenists considered this production as an omen that portended to the party of Port - Royal , a restoration to some part of their former splendor , and hoped to find one day in d'Alembert a second Pascal . To render the ...
... Romans . The Jansenists considered this production as an omen that portended to the party of Port - Royal , a restoration to some part of their former splendor , and hoped to find one day in d'Alembert a second Pascal . To render the ...
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... Roman , the Alexandrian , or some other . Abulfeda says that this cubit contained 27 inches , each inch being determined by six grains of barley placed sideways ; but Thevenot says , that 144 grains of barley placed in this manner would ...
... Roman , the Alexandrian , or some other . Abulfeda says that this cubit contained 27 inches , each inch being determined by six grains of barley placed sideways ; but Thevenot says , that 144 grains of barley placed in this manner would ...
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