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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... connected with that science : and he afterwards went through a course of reading on jurisprudence . In the study of all these sciences he succeed- ed so well , as deservedly to acquire the character of a good philosopher , a good ...
... connected with that science : and he afterwards went through a course of reading on jurisprudence . In the study of all these sciences he succeed- ed so well , as deservedly to acquire the character of a good philosopher , a good ...
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... connected . There are five species ; these are annual herbaceous plants , with pinnate or bipinnate leaves , and linear leaflets ; flowers terminating , in some species surrounded with a five- leaved calyx like multifid involucre ...
... connected . There are five species ; these are annual herbaceous plants , with pinnate or bipinnate leaves , and linear leaflets ; flowers terminating , in some species surrounded with a five- leaved calyx like multifid involucre ...
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... connected with a range of proper con- densers . The strength of the acid too is varied , by putting more or less water in the receivers . The nitric acid thus made generally contains sulphuric acid , and also muriatic , from the ...
... connected with a range of proper con- densers . The strength of the acid too is varied , by putting more or less water in the receivers . The nitric acid thus made generally contains sulphuric acid , and also muriatic , from the ...
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... connected with the axis by means of a strong cube or die , G , and in which the two cones , MQ , forming the axis , are fixed . This cube , G , serves as the prin- cipal part of the whole machine . It not only keeps together the two ...
... connected with the axis by means of a strong cube or die , G , and in which the two cones , MQ , forming the axis , are fixed . This cube , G , serves as the prin- cipal part of the whole machine . It not only keeps together the two ...
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... connecting link between the earths and the metallic oxides . Like it- tria , it has the property of forming a red- VOL . IX . dish coloured salt with sulphuric acid , and is precipitable by prussiate of potash , but it differs from ...
... connecting link between the earths and the metallic oxides . Like it- tria , it has the property of forming a red- VOL . IX . dish coloured salt with sulphuric acid , and is precipitable by prussiate of potash , but it differs from ...
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