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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... common to both triangles ; therefore add the two altitudes together ; namely , 40 to 80 , which makes 120 ; take their half 60 , and multiply by the base which we will call 140 : the area will con- tain 8,400 square yards . It will be ...
... common to both triangles ; therefore add the two altitudes together ; namely , 40 to 80 , which makes 120 ; take their half 60 , and multiply by the base which we will call 140 : the area will con- tain 8,400 square yards . It will be ...
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... common hog . All the varieties of this animal originate in the wild boar , which is found in most of the temperate regions of Europe and Asia . It is smaller than the domesticated animal , and uniformly of a dark grey colour , ap ...
... common hog . All the varieties of this animal originate in the wild boar , which is found in most of the temperate regions of Europe and Asia . It is smaller than the domesticated animal , and uniformly of a dark grey colour , ap ...
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... common hog , has bristles nearly resembling the prickles of an hedge - hog , and is also distinguished by an orifice on its back , from which per- petually issues a most fetid watery hu- mour . The pecari will skin snakes by means of ...
... common hog , has bristles nearly resembling the prickles of an hedge - hog , and is also distinguished by an orifice on its back , from which per- petually issues a most fetid watery hu- mour . The pecari will skin snakes by means of ...
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... common fishes of a compressed form , serve in the same manner in keep- ing the fish still , and serve in scarce any other motion than that towards the bot- tom ; so that this motion of the fish , which has been generally attributed to ...
... common fishes of a compressed form , serve in the same manner in keep- ing the fish still , and serve in scarce any other motion than that towards the bot- tom ; so that this motion of the fish , which has been generally attributed to ...
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... common comfrey : this plant has a perennial fleshy root , externally black ; stem two or three feet high , upright , leafy , winged , branched at the top , clothed with short , bristly hairs , which point downward ; leaves weaved ...
... common comfrey : this plant has a perennial fleshy root , externally black ; stem two or three feet high , upright , leafy , winged , branched at the top , clothed with short , bristly hairs , which point downward ; leaves weaved ...
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