American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 11Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... height : these are not so much esteemed as those of a middling growth , abounding in juice , and having little of the essential salt . The canes are jointed , more or less distant , according to the soil ; a leaf is found at each joint ...
... height : these are not so much esteemed as those of a middling growth , abounding in juice , and having little of the essential salt . The canes are jointed , more or less distant , according to the soil ; a leaf is found at each joint ...
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... height , having smooth , dark - green , brittle branches ; oval , waved , rough leaves , indented at top , and woolly un- derneath . It grows abundantly in this country , but more frequently in dry than moist situations . It is of a ...
... height , having smooth , dark - green , brittle branches ; oval , waved , rough leaves , indented at top , and woolly un- derneath . It grows abundantly in this country , but more frequently in dry than moist situations . It is of a ...
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... height , and deposit its spawn in them . In order to gain the favourite spots in rivers for this purpose , which are some- times at the distance of several hundred miles from the ocean , these fishes will overcome difficulties of ...
... height , and deposit its spawn in them . In order to gain the favourite spots in rivers for this purpose , which are some- times at the distance of several hundred miles from the ocean , these fishes will overcome difficulties of ...
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... height of two stories , its ceiling should be with a moderate sweep . Sa- lons are frequently built square , and sometimes octagonal . : SALPA , in natural history , a genus of the Vermes Mollusca class and order : body loose , nayant ...
... height of two stories , its ceiling should be with a moderate sweep . Sa- lons are frequently built square , and sometimes octagonal . : SALPA , in natural history , a genus of the Vermes Mollusca class and order : body loose , nayant ...
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... height , and all , raised on the geometrical plan . SCEPTRE , in astronomy , one of the six new constellations of the southern hemisphere , consisting of seventeen stars . SCHAALSTONE , in mineralogy , a spe- cies of the calc genus , is ...
... height , and all , raised on the geometrical plan . SCEPTRE , in astronomy , one of the six new constellations of the southern hemisphere , consisting of seventeen stars . SCHAALSTONE , in mineralogy , a spe- cies of the calc genus , is ...
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