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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... continued sound fatigues the The strokes of heavy hammers , of ar- tillery , & c . are apt to make people deaf for a time : and it has been known that persons who have been long exposed to the continued and confused noise of certain ...
... continued sound fatigues the The strokes of heavy hammers , of ar- tillery , & c . are apt to make people deaf for a time : and it has been known that persons who have been long exposed to the continued and confused noise of certain ...
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... continued in a very deplorable state , ascribable in a great degree to that tenure of lands , by which through the greater part of the kingdom the landlord contributed the stock , and the occupier the labour ; dividing the profits in ...
... continued in a very deplorable state , ascribable in a great degree to that tenure of lands , by which through the greater part of the kingdom the landlord contributed the stock , and the occupier the labour ; dividing the profits in ...
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... continued from year to year , a plentiful dressing must be every time ap- plied . About twelve pecks should be sown per acre : and as the destruction of weeds in the tillage is here no object , the broad- cast method is universally ...
... continued from year to year , a plentiful dressing must be every time ap- plied . About twelve pecks should be sown per acre : and as the destruction of weeds in the tillage is here no object , the broad- cast method is universally ...
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... continued through that month , when the plants are about two feet long . Were this operation to take place earlier , they would be more secure from the frost . Dibbling is employed for the purpose , and the plants are set at about the ...
... continued through that month , when the plants are about two feet long . Were this operation to take place earlier , they would be more secure from the frost . Dibbling is employed for the purpose , and the plants are set at about the ...
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... continued till April , excepting during frost . Injuries from cattle must be effectu- ally guarded against in plantations , in their infant stage , which are as easily ruined as fields of corn . The fences , therefore , should be kept ...
... continued till April , excepting during frost . Injuries from cattle must be effectu- ally guarded against in plantations , in their infant stage , which are as easily ruined as fields of corn . The fences , therefore , should be kept ...
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