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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... kind of privation in which he had so long lived gave augment- ed force . It was now his good fortune to become known to M. du Fay and M. Reaumur , and under their instructions his talents were rapidly developed . By the former he was ...
... kind of privation in which he had so long lived gave augment- ed force . It was now his good fortune to become known to M. du Fay and M. Reaumur , and under their instructions his talents were rapidly developed . By the former he was ...
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... kind . It is of a greenish colour , partly transparent , and of a very irregular figure . It trembles at the touch , like jelly , but does not melt like that . It is found in all sorts of soils , but most frequently in sandy ones , some ...
... kind . It is of a greenish colour , partly transparent , and of a very irregular figure . It trembles at the touch , like jelly , but does not melt like that . It is found in all sorts of soils , but most frequently in sandy ones , some ...
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... kind , as 2 , 3 , 4 , & c . Number is unlimited in re- spect of increase , because we can never conceive a number so great but still there is a greater . However , in respect of de- crease it is limited ; unity being the first and least ...
... kind , as 2 , 3 , 4 , & c . Number is unlimited in re- spect of increase , because we can never conceive a number so great but still there is a greater . However , in respect of de- crease it is limited ; unity being the first and least ...
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... kind of tremulous motion of the axis of the earth , whereby , in each annual revolution , it is twice inclined to ... kind of flavour in most of the other spices . There are two kinds of nutmeg in the shops , the one called by authors ...
... kind of tremulous motion of the axis of the earth , whereby , in each annual revolution , it is twice inclined to ... kind of flavour in most of the other spices . There are two kinds of nutmeg in the shops , the one called by authors ...
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... kind of long telescopical tube , through which the stars are seen at mid - day . Tycho Brahe's Observatory was in the little island Ween , or the Scarlet Island , between the coasts of Schonen and Zea- land , in the Baltic Sea . This ...
... kind of long telescopical tube , through which the stars are seen at mid - day . Tycho Brahe's Observatory was in the little island Ween , or the Scarlet Island , between the coasts of Schonen and Zea- land , in the Baltic Sea . This ...
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