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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... quantity , considered as a root . See RooT . SURSOLID problem , in mathematics , is that which cannot be resolved but by curves of a higher nature than a conic section , v . gr . in order to describe a re- gular endecagon , or figure of ...
... quantity , considered as a root . See RooT . SURSOLID problem , in mathematics , is that which cannot be resolved but by curves of a higher nature than a conic section , v . gr . in order to describe a re- gular endecagon , or figure of ...
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... quantity nearly as much as by the rankness of its food . The offal of the kitchen , garden , and barn , furnishes it with an excellent ban- quet . It was rejected as unclean both by the founders of the Jewish and Ma- hometan religion ...
... quantity nearly as much as by the rankness of its food . The offal of the kitchen , garden , and barn , furnishes it with an excellent ban- quet . It was rejected as unclean both by the founders of the Jewish and Ma- hometan religion ...
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... quantity of any fluid , and to squirt or expel the same with vio- lence . SYRUP . See PHARMACY . SYSTEM , in general , denotes an as- semblage or chain of principles and con- clusions , or the whole of any doctrine , the several parts ...
... quantity of any fluid , and to squirt or expel the same with vio- lence . SYRUP . See PHARMACY . SYSTEM , in general , denotes an as- semblage or chain of principles and con- clusions , or the whole of any doctrine , the several parts ...
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... quantity of musket ammunition expended , as a sum to be divided by the mumber of kill- ed and wounded , not more than one shot in fifty will be found to take effect . Thus , after a battalion of 1000 men may have fired 20 rounds per man ...
... quantity of musket ammunition expended , as a sum to be divided by the mumber of kill- ed and wounded , not more than one shot in fifty will be found to take effect . Thus , after a battalion of 1000 men may have fired 20 rounds per man ...
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... quantity to the tan repeatedly , the whole of the solu- ble parts may be successively extracted , the water ceases ... quantity . to milk , whey , serum , broth , & c . forms , cordingly , the infusion of tan poured in- with these ...
... quantity to the tan repeatedly , the whole of the solu- ble parts may be successively extracted , the water ceases ... quantity . to milk , whey , serum , broth , & c . forms , cordingly , the infusion of tan poured in- with these ...
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