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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Page 12
... sensibly claimed more and more of his time . At length his inclination for the sciences became irresistible , and he gave himself up to the study of natural philosophy with an ardour to which the kind of privation in which he had so ...
... sensibly claimed more and more of his time . At length his inclination for the sciences became irresistible , and he gave himself up to the study of natural philosophy with an ardour to which the kind of privation in which he had so ...
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... sensible . NUTMEG , in natural history , the kernel of a large fruit , not unlike the peach , the produce of a tree called by botanists My- RISTICA , which see . The nutmeg is separated from its in- vestient coat , the mace , before it ...
... sensible . NUTMEG , in natural history , the kernel of a large fruit , not unlike the peach , the produce of a tree called by botanists My- RISTICA , which see . The nutmeg is separated from its in- vestient coat , the mace , before it ...
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... sensible state of a chrysalis . I have often seen this fly , during the night time and in cold weather , fold itself up with the head and tail nearly in contact , and lying apparently in a torpid state through the middle of the summer ...
... sensible state of a chrysalis . I have often seen this fly , during the night time and in cold weather , fold itself up with the head and tail nearly in contact , and lying apparently in a torpid state through the middle of the summer ...
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... sensible that it is the reflec- tion of light from the atmosphere which prevents total darkness after the sun sets , and in places where he does not shine in the day time . He was also of opinion , that rainbows , halos , and mock suns ...
... sensible that it is the reflec- tion of light from the atmosphere which prevents total darkness after the sun sets , and in places where he does not shine in the day time . He was also of opinion , that rainbows , halos , and mock suns ...
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... sensible state of a chrysalis . I have often seen this fly , during the night - time and in cold weather , fold itself up with the head and tail nearly in contact , and lying apparently in a torpid state through the middle of the summer ...
... sensible state of a chrysalis . I have often seen this fly , during the night - time and in cold weather , fold itself up with the head and tail nearly in contact , and lying apparently in a torpid state through the middle of the summer ...
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