The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... body , the other from the different refran- gibility of the rays themselves : this last is called the Newtonian aberration , from the name of the discoverer . ABETTOR , or ABBETTOR , in law , the person who promotes or procures a crime ...
... body , the other from the different refran- gibility of the rays themselves : this last is called the Newtonian aberration , from the name of the discoverer . ABETTOR , or ABBETTOR , in law , the person who promotes or procures a crime ...
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... body , or of any cavity in it , and carry it into the blood . They are denominated according to the liquids which they convey , as Lacteals , or Lymphatics ; the former con- veying chyle , a milky fluid , from the intes- tines , the ...
... body , or of any cavity in it , and carry it into the blood . They are denominated according to the liquids which they convey , as Lacteals , or Lymphatics ; the former con- veying chyle , a milky fluid , from the intes- tines , the ...
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... body elongated , without dorsal fin : spines severa !, on the back and abdomen . There is but one species , the nasus , about 30 inches long , a native of the East Indies . The eyes are large , and the nostrils conspicuous : the body ...
... body elongated , without dorsal fin : spines severa !, on the back and abdomen . There is but one species , the nasus , about 30 inches long , a native of the East Indies . The eyes are large , and the nostrils conspicuous : the body ...
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... body oblong , cylindrical , fleshy , contractile , fixed by the base ; mouth terminal , expansile , surrounded with ... body against another . It is one of the laws of nature , that action and re - action are equal , that is , the ...
... body oblong , cylindrical , fleshy , contractile , fixed by the base ; mouth terminal , expansile , surrounded with ... body against another . It is one of the laws of nature , that action and re - action are equal , that is , the ...
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... body of the act . If a statute that repeals an- other is itself repealed afterwards , the first statute is hereby revived . Acts of parlia ment derogatory from the power of subse- quent parliaments bind not . Acts of par- liament that ...
... body of the act . If a statute that repeals an- other is itself repealed afterwards , the first statute is hereby revived . Acts of parlia ment derogatory from the power of subse- quent parliaments bind not . Acts of par- liament that ...
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