The British Encyclopedia, Or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge : Illustrated with Upwards of 150 Elegant Engravings. N - R. 5Longman, 1809 - 680 pages |
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... surface of the earth , in India , South America , South Africa , and even in some parts of Spain . In Germany and France it is obtained by means of arti- ficial nitre - beds . These consist of the re- fuse of animal and vegetable bodies ...
... surface of the earth , in India , South America , South Africa , and even in some parts of Spain . In Germany and France it is obtained by means of arti- ficial nitre - beds . These consist of the re- fuse of animal and vegetable bodies ...
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... surface is not smooth , but fur- rowed with a number of wrinkles , running in various directions , though principally longitudinally . It is of a greyish brown colour on the outside , and of a beautiful variegated hue within , being ...
... surface is not smooth , but fur- rowed with a number of wrinkles , running in various directions , though principally longitudinally . It is of a greyish brown colour on the outside , and of a beautiful variegated hue within , being ...
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... surface of the tongue , and is from thence conveyed with the food to the stomach . If the egg itself be taken up by accident , it may pass on to the intes- tinal canal before it hatches ; in which case its existence to the full growth ...
... surface of the tongue , and is from thence conveyed with the food to the stomach . If the egg itself be taken up by accident , it may pass on to the intes- tinal canal before it hatches ; in which case its existence to the full growth ...
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... surface of water , and exposed to the air , it takes place in a few days , and this effect is owing to the absorption of oxygen , which combines with the oils . But other oils , when they are ex- posed to the air , dry altogether , yet ...
... surface of water , and exposed to the air , it takes place in a few days , and this effect is owing to the absorption of oxygen , which combines with the oils . But other oils , when they are ex- posed to the air , dry altogether , yet ...
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... surface they shine in the dark . Hence some twenty years ago a person exhibited in London , as the everlasting lamp of the ancients , a vessel containing phosphorus immersed in oil . The various purposes to which fixed oils are applied ...
... surface they shine in the dark . Hence some twenty years ago a person exhibited in London , as the everlasting lamp of the ancients , a vessel containing phosphorus immersed in oil . The various purposes to which fixed oils are applied ...
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