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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... five ; nectary five , two - lipped , within the corolla ; cap- sule as many , connected . There are five species ; these are annual herbaceous plants , with pinnate or bipinnate leaves , and linear leaflets ; flowers terminating , in ...
... five ; nectary five , two - lipped , within the corolla ; cap- sule as many , connected . There are five species ; these are annual herbaceous plants , with pinnate or bipinnate leaves , and linear leaflets ; flowers terminating , in ...
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... five - cleft ; corol- la five - petalled , with the petals arched at top : stamina fifteen or more ; drupe one- seeded . There is but one species , viz . N. schoberi . Thick - leaved Nitraria . : NITRATES , in chemistry , salts formed ...
... five - cleft ; corol- la five - petalled , with the petals arched at top : stamina fifteen or more ; drupe one- seeded . There is but one species , viz . N. schoberi . Thick - leaved Nitraria . : NITRATES , in chemistry , salts formed ...
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... five parts of it with one of charcoal and one of sulphur , will burn three times as long as common powder , so as to form an economical composition for fire- works . Nitrate of strontian may be obtained in the same manner as that of ...
... five parts of it with one of charcoal and one of sulphur , will burn three times as long as common powder , so as to form an economical composition for fire- works . Nitrate of strontian may be obtained in the same manner as that of ...
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... five or ten minutes , and then pouring it into an iron pot previously heated , we obtain Baldwin's phosphorus . This , which is , perhaps , more properly nitrate of lime , being broken to pieces , and kept in a phial closely stopped ...
... five or ten minutes , and then pouring it into an iron pot previously heated , we obtain Baldwin's phosphorus . This , which is , perhaps , more properly nitrate of lime , being broken to pieces , and kept in a phial closely stopped ...
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... five degrees , viz . that of a duke , mar- quis , earl or count , viscount , and baron , each of which see under their proper ar- ticles . In Britain these titles are only con- ferred by the King , and that by patent , in virtue of ...
... five degrees , viz . that of a duke , mar- quis , earl or count , viscount , and baron , each of which see under their proper ar- ticles . In Britain these titles are only con- ferred by the King , and that by patent , in virtue of ...
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