The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... tained under lines drawn from the centre of the sun and planet to the centre of the earth . ELOPEMENT , is , when a married woman of her own accord departs from her husband , and dwells with an adulterer ; for which , without voluntary ...
... tained under lines drawn from the centre of the sun and planet to the centre of the earth . ELOPEMENT , is , when a married woman of her own accord departs from her husband , and dwells with an adulterer ; for which , without voluntary ...
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... tained from Gold . The carmine - red is obtained from the purple precipitate of Cassius . It is mixed with about six parts of its flux , and this mixture is directly employed without being first fused . It is then of a dirty violet ...
... tained from Gold . The carmine - red is obtained from the purple precipitate of Cassius . It is mixed with about six parts of its flux , and this mixture is directly employed without being first fused . It is then of a dirty violet ...
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... tained by turning the plate : if the copper appears through the ground , the taper must be applied again immediately ; but if it is held too long beneath the plate , the ground will become opaque , and break when the aqua fortis is used ...
... tained by turning the plate : if the copper appears through the ground , the taper must be applied again immediately ; but if it is held too long beneath the plate , the ground will become opaque , and break when the aqua fortis is used ...
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... tained by the jury upon the trial . Amends may be tendered generally without a parti- cular sum , before the lord fixes the amount . An estray must not be used ; but a cow may be milked of necessity . The King's cattle cannot be estrays ...
... tained by the jury upon the trial . Amends may be tendered generally without a parti- cular sum , before the lord fixes the amount . An estray must not be used ; but a cow may be milked of necessity . The King's cattle cannot be estrays ...
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... tained in the liquor thus procured was satu- rated by the addition of carbonate of pot- ash ; and by distillation there was procured from it a pure acetic ether , in quantity about half of the alcohol employed . ( “ Mé- moires de Chimie ...
... tained in the liquor thus procured was satu- rated by the addition of carbonate of pot- ash ; and by distillation there was procured from it a pure acetic ether , in quantity about half of the alcohol employed . ( “ Mé- moires de Chimie ...
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Page 13 - The next Ulysses, measuring pace with pace; Behind him, diligently close, he sped, As closely following as the running thread The spindle follows, and displays the charms Of the fair spinster's breast, and moving arms : Graceful in motion thus his foe he plies, And treads each footstep ere the dust can rise: His glowing breath upon his shoulders plays ; Th...