The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 4Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1818 - Natural history |
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... half of an inch . That ingenious naturalist Mr. C. A. Lesueur , found this species of a much larger size in French Creek , near Lake Erie ; breadth three - fourths of an inch nearly ; colours almost black , purplish red within the mouth ...
... half of an inch . That ingenious naturalist Mr. C. A. Lesueur , found this species of a much larger size in French Creek , near Lake Erie ; breadth three - fourths of an inch nearly ; colours almost black , purplish red within the mouth ...
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... half filled with old iron made red hot , and the whole to be exposed to the air and light for a week ; an equal ... half feet deep , and five and a half broad , are thrown two balls of woad , weighing together , about four hundred pounds ...
... half filled with old iron made red hot , and the whole to be exposed to the air and light for a week ; an equal ... half feet deep , and five and a half broad , are thrown two balls of woad , weighing together , about four hundred pounds ...
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... half of its motion by striking the equal body B , and the other half by the elasticity of B recovering its former figure . From this experiment , several curious phenomena arise thus , if a row of shovel - board pieces ( that is ...
... half of its motion by striking the equal body B , and the other half by the elasticity of B recovering its former figure . From this experiment , several curious phenomena arise thus , if a row of shovel - board pieces ( that is ...
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