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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... feet in height , having smooth alternate leaves upon short foot stalks ; flowers in small loose bunches ou the top of the stalks , of a yellow colour , ap- pearing in July , which are succeeded by roundish capsules , ripening in the ...
... feet in height , having smooth alternate leaves upon short foot stalks ; flowers in small loose bunches ou the top of the stalks , of a yellow colour , ap- pearing in July , which are succeeded by roundish capsules , ripening in the ...
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... feet high , with a cross piece reaching from one to the other athwart ships , and serving to support the ends of those booms , masts , and yards , which lie in reserve to supply the place of others carried away , & c . The above - named ...
... feet high , with a cross piece reaching from one to the other athwart ships , and serving to support the ends of those booms , masts , and yards , which lie in reserve to supply the place of others carried away , & c . The above - named ...
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... feet in height , the young shoots are hairy ; leaves of a shining green , smooth , in pairs from the joints , bitter , without any smell ; flowers white ; calycine segments six ; of the corolla six , seven or eight , narrow , much waved ...
... feet in height , the young shoots are hairy ; leaves of a shining green , smooth , in pairs from the joints , bitter , without any smell ; flowers white ; calycine segments six ; of the corolla six , seven or eight , narrow , much waved ...
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... feet , and nearly two in dia- meter , sending off many horizontal and often depending branches ; leaves of a dark green colour on the upper surface , but lighter underneath ; the flowers are produced upon long footstalks , from the base ...
... feet , and nearly two in dia- meter , sending off many horizontal and often depending branches ; leaves of a dark green colour on the upper surface , but lighter underneath ; the flowers are produced upon long footstalks , from the base ...
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... feet radius , with telescopic sights . And the first Astro- nomer Royal , or the person to whom the province of observing was first committed , was Mr. John Flamsteed ; a man who , as Dr. Halley expresses it , seemed born for the ...
... feet radius , with telescopic sights . And the first Astro- nomer Royal , or the person to whom the province of observing was first committed , was Mr. John Flamsteed ; a man who , as Dr. Halley expresses it , seemed born for the ...
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