British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 12Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... colour , ap- proaching to black . It is armed with for- midable tusks , sometimes ten inches , or even more , in length ; those in the under jaw curving inwards , and capable , from their size , strength , and sharpness , of in ...
... colour , ap- proaching to black . It is armed with for- midable tusks , sometimes ten inches , or even more , in length ; those in the under jaw curving inwards , and capable , from their size , strength , and sharpness , of in ...
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... colour is intermediate between tin white and silver white ; it occurs massive and dis- seminated , and also in various kinds of crystals : internally it is shining , and its lustre is metallic : its specific gravity is from 4.1 to 6.1 ...
... colour is intermediate between tin white and silver white ; it occurs massive and dis- seminated , and also in various kinds of crystals : internally it is shining , and its lustre is metallic : its specific gravity is from 4.1 to 6.1 ...
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... colour , and occurs massive , and in small , thin , and longish six - sided tables : externally it is splendent , with a metallic lustre : and within it is shining : specific gravity is almost 9. Its constitu- ent parts are , Sylvan ...
... colour , and occurs massive , and in small , thin , and longish six - sided tables : externally it is splendent , with a metallic lustre : and within it is shining : specific gravity is almost 9. Its constitu- ent parts are , Sylvan ...
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... colour , which soon ac- quires the consistence of jelly , and not long after becomes again fluid , depositing a filamentous matter . Synovia mixes with water , and renders it viscid . When this mixture is boiled , it becomes milky , and ...
... colour , which soon ac- quires the consistence of jelly , and not long after becomes again fluid , depositing a filamentous matter . Synovia mixes with water , and renders it viscid . When this mixture is boiled , it becomes milky , and ...
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... coloured spots ; one of each pair is commonly abortive ; the pulp is orange coloured . It is found in the woods and coppices about Carthagena in New Spain , flowering in July and Au- gust . TABES dorsales , in medicine , a distem- per ...
... coloured spots ; one of each pair is commonly abortive ; the pulp is orange coloured . It is found in the woods and coppices about Carthagena in New Spain , flowering in July and Au- gust . TABES dorsales , in medicine , a distem- per ...
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