Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Volume 5W. and R. Chambers, 1868 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... produced by cultivation are very numerous , chiefly in England , where , and par- ticularly in Lancashire , greater attention is paid to the cultivation of this valuable fruit - shrub than in any other part of the world . In the south ...
... produced by cultivation are very numerous , chiefly in England , where , and par- ticularly in Lancashire , greater attention is paid to the cultivation of this valuable fruit - shrub than in any other part of the world . In the south ...
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... produced by the same species of spider which produce that seen floating in the air , or falling as if from the clouds . Why gossamer threads or webs are produced by the spiders at all , is also a ques- tion not very easily answered ...
... produced by the same species of spider which produce that seen floating in the air , or falling as if from the clouds . Why gossamer threads or webs are produced by the spiders at all , is also a ques- tion not very easily answered ...
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... produce these threads shoot them out from their spinnerets , a viscid fluid being ejected with great force , which presently becomes a thread ; sometimes several such threads are produced at once in a radiating form , and these being ...
... produce these threads shoot them out from their spinnerets , a viscid fluid being ejected with great force , which presently becomes a thread ; sometimes several such threads are produced at once in a radiating form , and these being ...
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... produced by the stock on the scion which it nourishes analogous to that of a change of soil ; much of the vigour of ... produces excellent wines , and has good macaroni manufactories . GRAHAM , FAMILY OF . See MONTROSE He In GRAHAM , SIR ...
... produced by the stock on the scion which it nourishes analogous to that of a change of soil ; much of the vigour of ... produces excellent wines , and has good macaroni manufactories . GRAHAM , FAMILY OF . See MONTROSE He In GRAHAM , SIR ...
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... produced in trappean and volcanic rocks by the expansion of the con- tained gases , have led to the belief that granite has been formed at considerable depths in the earth , and has crystallised slowly under great pressure either from ...
... produced in trappean and volcanic rocks by the expansion of the con- tained gases , have led to the belief that granite has been formed at considerable depths in the earth , and has crystallised slowly under great pressure either from ...
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