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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... quantity of original and excellent matter contained in the articles here pointed out , besides others more concise , and interspersed through the work , he will be enabled to form some judgment of its utility and comparative cheapness ...
... quantity of original and excellent matter contained in the articles here pointed out , besides others more concise , and interspersed through the work , he will be enabled to form some judgment of its utility and comparative cheapness ...
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... quantity of oxygen as to become possessed of acid properties . Almost all the acids agree with each other in containing oxygen , but they differ in their bases , which determine the species of the acid . Sulphur combined with certain ...
... quantity of oxygen as to become possessed of acid properties . Almost all the acids agree with each other in containing oxygen , but they differ in their bases , which determine the species of the acid . Sulphur combined with certain ...
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... quantity is found in two or more different powers : such is x3- ax2 + bxa2 b . ADHESION , in philosophy and che- mistry , is a term generally made use of to express the property which certain bodies have of attracting to themselves ...
... quantity is found in two or more different powers : such is x3- ax2 + bxa2 b . ADHESION , in philosophy and che- mistry , is a term generally made use of to express the property which certain bodies have of attracting to themselves ...
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... quantity of moisture draining through the mass . From the history of this singular substance , we proceed to an examination of its chemical properties . It was first , however , purified by gently heating in an earthen vessel , till it ...
... quantity of moisture draining through the mass . From the history of this singular substance , we proceed to an examination of its chemical properties . It was first , however , purified by gently heating in an earthen vessel , till it ...
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... quantity of mud collected from the water . Those meadows which lie next below any village or town , are uniformly most rapid and plen- tiful in their growth . So well known is this truth , that disputes are perpetually arising ...
... quantity of mud collected from the water . Those meadows which lie next below any village or town , are uniformly most rapid and plen- tiful in their growth . So well known is this truth , that disputes are perpetually arising ...
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acid alumina ammonia anatomy ancient angle animal aphides appear arch architrave artery astronomy bees benzoic acid bill bird-lime birds blood body bones botany branches called calyx cartilage cavity chyle class and order class of plants colour columns common consists contained cornice corolla covered cupel cymatium diameter distance divided earth entablature equal equation feet figure flowers fluid four genus head heat height hive inches insects Ionic order kind land leaves length less manner membrane ment mercury Monogynia class moon motion multiplied muscles native natural nerves nitric acid oblong observed orbit papillæ pass person petals pilasters potash produce proportion quantity right ascension Roman root round roundish seeds shew side soil sometimes species specific gravity square stars substance surface tained term tion tree tube upper vegetable vessels whole