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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... frequently drew over to his opinion , those who differed widely from him in sentiment . With such a character , he acquired great credit and influence in the council of the town of Puremerende , where he resided ; and also in the states ...
... frequently drew over to his opinion , those who differed widely from him in sentiment . With such a character , he acquired great credit and influence in the council of the town of Puremerende , where he resided ; and also in the states ...
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... frequent- ly trodden by cattle , and impregnated with their excrements , or the walls of in- habited places where putrid animal va- pours abound , such as slaughter - houses , drains , or the like , afford nitre by long exposure to the ...
... frequent- ly trodden by cattle , and impregnated with their excrements , or the walls of in- habited places where putrid animal va- pours abound , such as slaughter - houses , drains , or the like , afford nitre by long exposure to the ...
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... frequently present . By the excellence and amiableness of his personal character , as well as by his sci- entific talents , he recommended himself to the confidence of his illustrious pupil , who continued as long as he lived to ex ...
... frequently present . By the excellence and amiableness of his personal character , as well as by his sci- entific talents , he recommended himself to the confidence of his illustrious pupil , who continued as long as he lived to ex ...
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... frequently in sandy ones , some- times on the gravel of garden walks , usu- ally after rain in the summer months . NOSTRILS , in anatomy , the two aper- tures or cavities of the nose through which the air passes , and which serve to ...
... frequently in sandy ones , some- times on the gravel of garden walks , usu- ally after rain in the summer months . NOSTRILS , in anatomy , the two aper- tures or cavities of the nose through which the air passes , and which serve to ...
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... frequently charged either with inscriptions or hieroglyphics . OBJECT , in philosophy , something ap- prehended , or presented to the mind , by sensation or by imagination . OBJECT glass of a telescope , or microscope , the glass placed ...
... frequently charged either with inscriptions or hieroglyphics . OBJECT , in philosophy , something ap- prehended , or presented to the mind , by sensation or by imagination . OBJECT glass of a telescope , or microscope , the glass placed ...
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