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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... ABDUCTOR , or ABDUCENT , in ana- tomy , a name given to several muscles on account of their serving to withdraw , open , or pull back the parts to which they are fixed . See ANATOMY . the maple - leaved abroma , which is a tree ABE ABE.
... ABDUCTOR , or ABDUCENT , in ana- tomy , a name given to several muscles on account of their serving to withdraw , open , or pull back the parts to which they are fixed . See ANATOMY . the maple - leaved abroma , which is a tree ABE ABE.
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... tree with a straight trunk , yielding a gum when cut , and filled with a white pith like the elder ; it flowers from June to October , and its fruit ripens in September and October ; it is a native of New South Wales and the Philippine ...
... tree with a straight trunk , yielding a gum when cut , and filled with a white pith like the elder ; it flowers from June to October , and its fruit ripens in September and October ; it is a native of New South Wales and the Philippine ...
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... tree , and thought to be the same with our gum - arabic . ACADEMICS , a sect of philosophers who followed the doctrine of Socrates and Plato , as to the uncertainty of knowledge , and the incomprehensibility of truth . Academic , in ...
... tree , and thought to be the same with our gum - arabic . ACADEMICS , a sect of philosophers who followed the doctrine of Socrates and Plato , as to the uncertainty of knowledge , and the incomprehensibility of truth . Academic , in ...
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... tree , because it is the tallest of all the trees in the woods : it is es- teemed one of the best timber trees in Jamaica . 2. The sapota , which grows to the height of sixty or seventy feet , without knots or branches , and bears a ...
... tree , because it is the tallest of all the trees in the woods : it is es- teemed one of the best timber trees in Jamaica . 2. The sapota , which grows to the height of sixty or seventy feet , without knots or branches , and bears a ...
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... tree , or galimeta wood , which supplies good timber . The bark of the sapota and mam- mosa is very astringent , and is called cortex jamaicensis . This was once supposed to be the true Jesuits bark , but its effects on the negroes has ...
... tree , or galimeta wood , which supplies good timber . The bark of the sapota and mam- mosa is very astringent , and is called cortex jamaicensis . This was once supposed to be the true Jesuits bark , but its effects on the negroes has ...
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