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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... ORGAN I. and II . at the end of Sheet E. ORYCTOLOGY I. in the middle of Sheet F. II . at the end of Sheet F. PAPER MILL , at the end of the article PAPER . PARABOLA , in the middle of Sheet I. PENTAGRAPH , at the end of Sheet L ...
... ORGAN I. and II . at the end of Sheet E. ORYCTOLOGY I. in the middle of Sheet F. II . at the end of Sheet F. PAPER MILL , at the end of the article PAPER . PARABOLA , in the middle of Sheet I. PENTAGRAPH , at the end of Sheet L ...
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... organ of smelling . See ANATOMY . NOSTOCK , the name of a vegetable substance which seems to differ from al- most all others of the same kind . It is of a greenish colour , partly transparent , and of a very irregular figure . It ...
... organ of smelling . See ANATOMY . NOSTOCK , the name of a vegetable substance which seems to differ from al- most all others of the same kind . It is of a greenish colour , partly transparent , and of a very irregular figure . It ...
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... organs possessed by the plants of each re- spective division . OCTANT , or Octile , in astronomy , that aspect of two planets , wherein they are dis- tant an eighth part of a circle , or 45 ° from each other . OCTAVE , in music , an ...
... organs possessed by the plants of each re- spective division . OCTANT , or Octile , in astronomy , that aspect of two planets , wherein they are dis- tant an eighth part of a circle , or 45 ° from each other . OCTAVE , in music , an ...
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... organs . The orders of Linnæus are all expressed by a single term , which , like the names of the classes , is of Greek etymology , and is significant of the character of the order to which it is applied . The names of these orders are ...
... organs . The orders of Linnæus are all expressed by a single term , which , like the names of the classes , is of Greek etymology , and is significant of the character of the order to which it is applied . The names of these orders are ...
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... ORGAN . Having , under the article MUSICAL instruments , given a pretty full account of this instrument , we shall here only give a description , with figures , of the barrel - organ . See Plate I. Barrel Organ , and Plate II . parts of ...
... ORGAN . Having , under the article MUSICAL instruments , given a pretty full account of this instrument , we shall here only give a description , with figures , of the barrel - organ . See Plate I. Barrel Organ , and Plate II . parts of ...
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