British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... sometimes appear in vast flocks , and are considered as the harbingers of a severe winter . They are known in Scotland by the name of snow flake . E. hortulana , the ortolan , is somewhat less than the yellow - hammer , is common in ...
... sometimes appear in vast flocks , and are considered as the harbingers of a severe winter . They are known in Scotland by the name of snow flake . E. hortulana , the ortolan , is somewhat less than the yellow - hammer , is common in ...
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... sometimes builds on low hedges , and occasionally on the ground , and generally breeds twice a year . E. citrinella , or the yellow hammer , is extremely common in Great Britain , where it lays its eggs on the ground , or in some low ...
... sometimes builds on low hedges , and occasionally on the ground , and generally breeds twice a year . E. citrinella , or the yellow hammer , is extremely common in Great Britain , where it lays its eggs on the ground , or in some low ...
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... sometimes , before it is stretched up- on the pattern , it is starched , to make it more easy to handle . Embroidery on the loom is less tedious than the other , in which , while they work flowers , all the threads of the muslin , both ...
... sometimes , before it is stretched up- on the pattern , it is starched , to make it more easy to handle . Embroidery on the loom is less tedious than the other , in which , while they work flowers , all the threads of the muslin , both ...
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... sometimes with the edges of the prism , or of the bases , or the solid angles , or both , wanting , and small faces in their place . Crystals short ; lateral planes smooth , terminal planes rough ; colour emerald green , of all ...
... sometimes with the edges of the prism , or of the bases , or the solid angles , or both , wanting , and small faces in their place . Crystals short ; lateral planes smooth , terminal planes rough ; colour emerald green , of all ...
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... sometimes change in the baking , and ac- quire a great transparency . They are generally beautiful only when placed be- tween the eye and the light , and they answer the purpose intended in painting glass . There is more difficulty in ...
... sometimes change in the baking , and ac- quire a great transparency . They are generally beautiful only when placed be- tween the eye and the light , and they answer the purpose intended in painting glass . There is more difficulty in ...
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