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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... bones were enveloped in this , and were found to be very brittle . The bodies thus changed , being but little offensive to the smell , a great number were dug up and mi- nutely examined : in some this alteration had , as yet , only ...
... bones were enveloped in this , and were found to be very brittle . The bodies thus changed , being but little offensive to the smell , a great number were dug up and mi- nutely examined : in some this alteration had , as yet , only ...
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... bones , and remains of the muscular fibre were separated with to- lerable exactness . In this state , being ex- posed in an earthen vessel to the naked fire , it readily became soft , but did not liquify without considerable difficulty ...
... bones , and remains of the muscular fibre were separated with to- lerable exactness . In this state , being ex- posed in an earthen vessel to the naked fire , it readily became soft , but did not liquify without considerable difficulty ...
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... bones , straw , fern , and even turf , laid in like a wedge , are all used in different situations , and drains construct- ed of these materials , thirty years ago , are found in several places effectually to answer their purpose still ...
... bones , straw , fern , and even turf , laid in like a wedge , are all used in different situations , and drains construct- ed of these materials , thirty years ago , are found in several places effectually to answer their purpose still ...
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... bone to the depth of about four inches . A flexible tube has also been frequently passed through the mouth into the gullet , by which the air , which causes this disease , is easily dis- charged . The practice of stall - feeding , or ...
... bone to the depth of about four inches . A flexible tube has also been frequently passed through the mouth into the gullet , by which the air , which causes this disease , is easily dis- charged . The practice of stall - feeding , or ...
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... bones , & c . which it has incrusted . The clay and sand often contain petrified wood , and skeletons of quadrupeds . ALLUVION , among civilians , denotes the gradual increase of land along the sea- shore , or on the banks of rivers ...
... bones , & c . which it has incrusted . The clay and sand often contain petrified wood , and skeletons of quadrupeds . ALLUVION , among civilians , denotes the gradual increase of land along the sea- shore , or on the banks of rivers ...
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