The British Encyclopedia, Or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge : Illustrated with Upwards of 150 Elegant Engravings. N - R. 5Longman, 1809 - 680 pages |
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... species of nickel ores are its alloy with arsenic , and a little sulphur and its oxide . The first is the most abundant , and the one from which nickel is usually extracted . It is known to mineralogists by the name of kupfer - nickel ...
... species of nickel ores are its alloy with arsenic , and a little sulphur and its oxide . The first is the most abundant , and the one from which nickel is usually extracted . It is known to mineralogists by the name of kupfer - nickel ...
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... species ; these are annual herbaceous plants , with pinnate or bipinnate leaves , and linear leaf- lets ; flowers terminating , in some species surrounded with a five - leaved calyx like multifid involucre . NIGHT , that part of the ...
... species ; these are annual herbaceous plants , with pinnate or bipinnate leaves , and linear leaf- lets ; flowers terminating , in some species surrounded with a five - leaved calyx like multifid involucre . NIGHT , that part of the ...
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... species , viz . N. fruticans , the young palm , is without the trunk ; but in the adult state , it is some feet in height ; leaves pin- nate ; pinnas striated , margined , and smooth ; flowers male and female on the same palm ; but ...
... species , viz . N. fruticans , the young palm , is without the trunk ; but in the adult state , it is some feet in height ; leaves pin- nate ; pinnas striated , margined , and smooth ; flowers male and female on the same palm ; but ...
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... species are capable of combining into a triple salt , an ammo- niaco - magnesian nitrate , either by uniting the two in solution , or by a partial decom- position of either by means of the base of the other . This is slightly ...
... species are capable of combining into a triple salt , an ammo- niaco - magnesian nitrate , either by uniting the two in solution , or by a partial decom- position of either by means of the base of the other . This is slightly ...
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... species . There are two kinds of nutmeg in the shops , the one called by authors the male , and the other the female . The female is the kind in common use , and is of the shape of an olive : the male is long and cylindric , and has ...
... species . There are two kinds of nutmeg in the shops , the one called by authors the male , and the other the female . The female is the kind in common use , and is of the shape of an olive : the male is long and cylindric , and has ...
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