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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... Building ; and the processes of particular Arts and Manufactures were either communicated by professional men , or in various instances drawn up under their inspection . When the reader shall have directed his attention to the ample ...
... Building ; and the processes of particular Arts and Manufactures were either communicated by professional men , or in various instances drawn up under their inspection . When the reader shall have directed his attention to the ample ...
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... build their nests in lofty situations . The female is generally larger and stronger than the male , and usually lays four eggs at a time . This order corresponds to that of Feræ , and comprehends four genera , viz . VULTUR , FALCO ...
... build their nests in lofty situations . The female is generally larger and stronger than the male , and usually lays four eggs at a time . This order corresponds to that of Feræ , and comprehends four genera , viz . VULTUR , FALCO ...
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... buildings , return this reflection of sound . We have heard of a very extraor- dinary echo , at a ruined fortress near Lou- vain , in Flanders . If a person sung , he only heard his own voice , without any re- petition ; on the contrary ...
... buildings , return this reflection of sound . We have heard of a very extraor- dinary echo , at a ruined fortress near Lou- vain , in Flanders . If a person sung , he only heard his own voice , without any re- petition ; on the contrary ...
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... building upon , in consequence of which , the surface soil , and the animal remains con- tained therein , were removed . This cemetery having been for ages appropriated to the reception of the dead , in one of the most populous ...
... building upon , in consequence of which , the surface soil , and the animal remains con- tained therein , were removed . This cemetery having been for ages appropriated to the reception of the dead , in one of the most populous ...
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... buildings by increasing the fire ; and in rising met with a current of air , which carried them southward . Having passed the Boulevard , and desisting from supplying the fire with VOL . I. fuel , they descended very gently in a field ...
... buildings by increasing the fire ; and in rising met with a current of air , which carried them southward . Having passed the Boulevard , and desisting from supplying the fire with VOL . I. fuel , they descended very gently in a field ...
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