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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... leaves upon short foot- stalks ; flowers in small loose bunches on the top of the stalks , of a yellow colour , appearing in July , which are succeeded by roundish capsules , ripening in the au- tumn . Sir Walter Raleigh , on his return ...
... leaves upon short foot- stalks ; flowers in small loose bunches on the top of the stalks , of a yellow colour , appearing in July , which are succeeded by roundish capsules , ripening in the au- tumn . Sir Walter Raleigh , on his return ...
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... leaves , and linear leaflets ; flowers terminating , in some species surrounded with a five- leaved calyx like multifid involucre . NIGHT , that part of the natural day during which the sun is underneath the horizon ; or that space ...
... leaves , and linear leaflets ; flowers terminating , in some species surrounded with a five- leaved calyx like multifid involucre . NIGHT , that part of the natural day during which the sun is underneath the horizon ; or that space ...
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... leaves pinnate ; pinnastriated , margined and smooth ; flowers male and female on the same palm ; but distinct on different peduncles : males several , late- ral , inferior , on dichotomous peduncles , in spikes : females terminating ...
... leaves pinnate ; pinnastriated , margined and smooth ; flowers male and female on the same palm ; but distinct on different peduncles : males several , late- ral , inferior , on dichotomous peduncles , in spikes : females terminating ...
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... leaves the remainder in the state of a nitrite , if the heat be not urged so far , or continued so long , as to effect a com- plete decomposition of the salt . In this way the nitrates of potash and soda may be obtained and perhaps ...
... leaves the remainder in the state of a nitrite , if the heat be not urged so far , or continued so long , as to effect a com- plete decomposition of the salt . In this way the nitrates of potash and soda may be obtained and perhaps ...
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... leaves the re- mainder 3 , its root ; 216 , the cube of 6 , being divided by 6 , leaves no remainder ; 343 , the cube of 7 , leaves a remainder 1 , which , added to 6 , is the cube root ; and 512 , the cube of 8 , divided by 6 , leaves ...
... leaves the re- mainder 3 , its root ; 216 , the cube of 6 , being divided by 6 , leaves no remainder ; 343 , the cube of 7 , leaves a remainder 1 , which , added to 6 , is the cube root ; and 512 , the cube of 8 , divided by 6 , leaves ...
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