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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... oblong frame , over which are stretched several brass wires , strung with little ivory balls , by the various arrangements of which all kinds of compu- tations are easily made . ABACUS , Chinese , or Shwanpan , consists of several ...
... oblong frame , over which are stretched several brass wires , strung with little ivory balls , by the various arrangements of which all kinds of compu- tations are easily made . ABACUS , Chinese , or Shwanpan , consists of several ...
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... oblong , cylindrical , fleshy , contractile , fixed by the base ; mouth terminal , expansile , surrounded with nu- merous cirri , and without any aperture . There are 36 species . These marine ani- mals are viviparous , and have no ...
... oblong , cylindrical , fleshy , contractile , fixed by the base ; mouth terminal , expansile , surrounded with nu- merous cirri , and without any aperture . There are 36 species . These marine ani- mals are viviparous , and have no ...
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... oblong obtuse beautiful petals ; and some- times there are more than five : there is no pericarpium ; the receptacle is oblong , spi- cated , and holds five series of seeds ; the seeds are numerous , irregular , and angular , gibbous at ...
... oblong obtuse beautiful petals ; and some- times there are more than five : there is no pericarpium ; the receptacle is oblong , spi- cated , and holds five series of seeds ; the seeds are numerous , irregular , and angular , gibbous at ...
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... oblong , striated , and separa- ble into two parts ; the seeds are two , ovato- oblong and striated , convex on one side , and plain on the other . There is but one species , viz . E. podagraria , gont - weed , which is a perennial ...
... oblong , striated , and separa- ble into two parts ; the seeds are two , ovato- oblong and striated , convex on one side , and plain on the other . There is but one species , viz . E. podagraria , gont - weed , which is a perennial ...
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... oblong form , 55 feet long , and 3-4 feet in diameter , from the Park of St. Cloud : the machine remained in the atmosphere about 45 minutes . This machine contained an in- terior small balloon , filled with common air , by which means ...
... oblong form , 55 feet long , and 3-4 feet in diameter , from the Park of St. Cloud : the machine remained in the atmosphere about 45 minutes . This machine contained an in- terior small balloon , filled with common air , by which means ...
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