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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... separating into many branches , with leaves resembling those of the common holly , and bearing white flowers , similar to those of the common acanthus , but smaller . 6 , 7 , 8 , 9. These species , viz . the entire- leaved , procumbent ...
... separating into many branches , with leaves resembling those of the common holly , and bearing white flowers , similar to those of the common acanthus , but smaller . 6 , 7 , 8 , 9. These species , viz . the entire- leaved , procumbent ...
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... separated by any means from the rest of the spherical or hemispherical surface to which it belongs , and proceeds through a wide space , without being supported on either side , there is a certain degree of diver- gence , by means of ...
... separated by any means from the rest of the spherical or hemispherical surface to which it belongs , and proceeds through a wide space , without being supported on either side , there is a certain degree of diver- gence , by means of ...
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... separated from each other of a line , but also that the at- mospheric pressure is not in the least degree the cause of the phenomenon , which is solely attributable to attraction : in proof of this , a polished disk of glass , 30 lines ...
... separated from each other of a line , but also that the at- mospheric pressure is not in the least degree the cause of the phenomenon , which is solely attributable to attraction : in proof of this , a polished disk of glass , 30 lines ...
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... separating into porous cavernous fragments , without the slightest trace of muscles , membranes , vessels , ten- dons , or nerves : the ligaments of the arti- culations had been in like manner changed ; the connexion between the bones ...
... separating into porous cavernous fragments , without the slightest trace of muscles , membranes , vessels , ten- dons , or nerves : the ligaments of the arti- culations had been in like manner changed ; the connexion between the bones ...
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... separated with to- lerable exactness . In this state , being ex- posed in an earthen vessel to the naked fire , it readily became soft , but did not liquify without considerable difficulty , rather frying as a piece of soap would do ...
... separated with to- lerable exactness . In this state , being ex- posed in an earthen vessel to the naked fire , it readily became soft , but did not liquify without considerable difficulty , rather frying as a piece of soap would do ...
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