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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... inches long , a native of the East Indies . The eyes are large , and the nostrils conspicuous : the body , which is of a moderate width for about the third of its length , gradually decreases or tapers towards the extremity : both head ...
... inches long , a native of the East Indies . The eyes are large , and the nostrils conspicuous : the body , which is of a moderate width for about the third of its length , gradually decreases or tapers towards the extremity : both head ...
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... inches asunder , till au- tumn , when they should be transplanted where they are to remain ; or by roots , which may be planted either in spring or autumn for the third sort ; but the others must only be removed in the spring , because ...
... inches asunder , till au- tumn , when they should be transplanted where they are to remain ; or by roots , which may be planted either in spring or autumn for the third sort ; but the others must only be removed in the spring , because ...
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... inches broad in the middle , cream - coloured flowers , and large oval fruit , containing a thick , luscious pulp , called natural marmelade . This tree is planted for the fruit in Jamaica , Barbadoes , Cuba , and most of the West India ...
... inches broad in the middle , cream - coloured flowers , and large oval fruit , containing a thick , luscious pulp , called natural marmelade . This tree is planted for the fruit in Jamaica , Barbadoes , Cuba , and most of the West India ...
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... inches broad , and two inches shaped . Of this family there are eight spe- deep , with a circle in the middle of the up - cies , none of which are found in Britain . The per side of an inch and a half in diameter , insects of this ...
... inches broad , and two inches shaped . Of this family there are eight spe- deep , with a circle in the middle of the up - cies , none of which are found in Britain . The per side of an inch and a half in diameter , insects of this ...
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... inches long . See plate Serpentes , fig . 1 . ACRONICHAL , or ACHRONYCAL , in astronomy , an appellation given to the ris- ing of a star above the horizon , at sunset ; or to its setting , when the sun rises . Acro nichal is one of the ...
... inches long . See plate Serpentes , fig . 1 . ACRONICHAL , or ACHRONYCAL , in astronomy , an appellation given to the ris- ing of a star above the horizon , at sunset ; or to its setting , when the sun rises . Acro nichal is one of the ...
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