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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... observed in the Conferva corallina , upon its being immersed into fresh water ; after it had been in a few minutes , several fibres were observed to move in a horizontal di- rection with a quick convulsive twitch , and then to stop ...
... observed in the Conferva corallina , upon its being immersed into fresh water ; after it had been in a few minutes , several fibres were observed to move in a horizontal di- rection with a quick convulsive twitch , and then to stop ...
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... observed , " in order to be able to read his works , a person must be fully bent upon obtaining in- struction . The ... observations on the general principles of composition are to be found in Ci- cero's treatises on the subject of orato ...
... observed , " in order to be able to read his works , a person must be fully bent upon obtaining in- struction . The ... observations on the general principles of composition are to be found in Ci- cero's treatises on the subject of orato ...
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... observed , that in different classes of ani- mals the organs of digestion vary in every possible manner , in regard ... observations apply to food gene- rally . We now proceed to observe , that even the same foods , under certain states ...
... observed , that in different classes of ani- mals the organs of digestion vary in every possible manner , in regard ... observations apply to food gene- rally . We now proceed to observe , that even the same foods , under certain states ...
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