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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... vegetable substances . It is also ex- tremely tenacious of life ; for , upon the au- thority of Leewenhoek , though highly dis- creditable to his sense of humanity , we are assured that a mite lived eleven weeks glued to a pin , in ...
... vegetable substances . It is also ex- tremely tenacious of life ; for , upon the au- thority of Leewenhoek , though highly dis- creditable to his sense of humanity , we are assured that a mite lived eleven weeks glued to a pin , in ...
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... vegetables to a red ; they unite with wa- ter in almost any proportion ; they combine with all the alkalies , and most of the me- tallic oxides and earths , and form with them those compounds called in chemistry salts . Every acid does ...
... vegetables to a red ; they unite with wa- ter in almost any proportion ; they combine with all the alkalies , and most of the me- tallic oxides and earths , and form with them those compounds called in chemistry salts . Every acid does ...
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... vegetable , and some mineral substances , in a close vessel , to a strong fire ; or by transmitting the vapour of certain fluids through red - hot tubes . In the first of these methods , iron , zinc , and sulphuric acid are the ...
... vegetable , and some mineral substances , in a close vessel , to a strong fire ; or by transmitting the vapour of certain fluids through red - hot tubes . In the first of these methods , iron , zinc , and sulphuric acid are the ...
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... vegetables which are necessary to the subsistence or convenience of man . Its practice demands a considerable knowledge of the relations subsisting between the most important ob- jects of nature . It is eminently conducive to the ...
... vegetables which are necessary to the subsistence or convenience of man . Its practice demands a considerable knowledge of the relations subsisting between the most important ob- jects of nature . It is eminently conducive to the ...
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... vegetables , will likewise often indicate where a collection of water is im- peded in its course below , and consequently presses upward , to the destruction of use- ful vegetation . In draining a large bog it will be generally proper ...
... vegetables , will likewise often indicate where a collection of water is im- peded in its course below , and consequently presses upward , to the destruction of use- ful vegetation . In draining a large bog it will be generally proper ...
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