British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... called Nilo- scope , an instrument used among the an- cients to measure the height of the water in the river Nile , in its periodical over- flowings . It was first set up , it has been asserted , by Joseph , during his govern- ment in ...
... called Nilo- scope , an instrument used among the an- cients to measure the height of the water in the river Nile , in its periodical over- flowings . It was first set up , it has been asserted , by Joseph , during his govern- ment in ...
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... called sal prunella , or crystal mineral . This at least is the way in which this salt is now usually prepar- ed , conformably to the directions of Boer- haave ; though in most dispensatories a twenty - fourth part of sulphur was direct ...
... called sal prunella , or crystal mineral . This at least is the way in which this salt is now usually prepar- ed , conformably to the directions of Boer- haave ; though in most dispensatories a twenty - fourth part of sulphur was direct ...
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... called fuming ni- trous acid . It appears , however , to be capable of combining with some at least of the ... called the penny of gold ; but it was afterwards called a rose noble , from its being stamp- ed with a rose . NOCTURNAL ...
... called fuming ni- trous acid . It appears , however , to be capable of combining with some at least of the ... called the penny of gold ; but it was afterwards called a rose noble , from its being stamp- ed with a rose . NOCTURNAL ...
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... called the descending node , the southward node , or the Dragon's tail , marked thus 8 . The line wherein the two circles inter- sect , is called the line of nodes . It ap- pears from observation , that the line of the nodes of all the ...
... called the descending node , the southward node , or the Dragon's tail , marked thus 8 . The line wherein the two circles inter- sect , is called the line of nodes . It ap- pears from observation , that the line of the nodes of all the ...
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... called to Ver- sailles , to give lessons in natural philoso- phy to the Dauphin , at which the King and royal family were frequently present . By the excellence and amiableness of his personal character , as well as by his sci- entific ...
... called to Ver- sailles , to give lessons in natural philoso- phy to the Dauphin , at which the King and royal family were frequently present . By the excellence and amiableness of his personal character , as well as by his sci- entific ...
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