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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... pounds . It produces two litters in the year , and in each from ten to twenty young ones . The male must be kept at a distance from these , as it will other- wise destroy and devour them , and the female herself has often acted this ...
... pounds . It produces two litters in the year , and in each from ten to twenty young ones . The male must be kept at a distance from these , as it will other- wise destroy and devour them , and the female herself has often acted this ...
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... pound weight , and fixed in a socket on the top of a ship's side , stern or bow , and also in the tops ; the trunnions of this piece are con- tained in a sort of iron crotch , the lower end of which terminates in a cylindrical pi- vot ...
... pound weight , and fixed in a socket on the top of a ship's side , stern or bow , and also in the tops ; the trunnions of this piece are con- tained in a sort of iron crotch , the lower end of which terminates in a cylindrical pi- vot ...
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... pounds , and the length of its shell about seven inches . It abounds in the countries surrounding the Mediterranean , and particularly in Greece , where the inhabitants not only eat its flesh and eggs , but frequently swallow its warm ...
... pounds , and the length of its shell about seven inches . It abounds in the countries surrounding the Mediterranean , and particularly in Greece , where the inhabitants not only eat its flesh and eggs , but frequently swallow its warm ...
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... pounds weight . Its flesh is in no estimation ; but its lamina are manufac- tured into that elegant material , known by the name of tortoise - shell , which has been applied by human ingenuity to in- numerable purposes both of use and ...
... pounds weight . Its flesh is in no estimation ; but its lamina are manufac- tured into that elegant material , known by the name of tortoise - shell , which has been applied by human ingenuity to in- numerable purposes both of use and ...
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... pound . The labourers employed in collecting it do not pull the leaves by handfuls , but pick them up one by one , and ... pounds a day . The second crop is gathered about the end of March or beginning of April . At this season part of ...
... pound . The labourers employed in collecting it do not pull the leaves by handfuls , but pick them up one by one , and ... pounds a day . The second crop is gathered about the end of March or beginning of April . At this season part of ...
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