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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... hinges in the middle , so as to turn back , as shown in fig . 5 , and is kept shut by a small spring catch : a a ( fig . 1. ) is a small brass shell , fixed along one side of the box , at about per for fear of breaking the pencil point ...
... hinges in the middle , so as to turn back , as shown in fig . 5 , and is kept shut by a small spring catch : a a ( fig . 1. ) is a small brass shell , fixed along one side of the box , at about per for fear of breaking the pencil point ...
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... hinge , g , by which its motion allows the whole pentagraph to be lifted up the other end of the rod , b , is jointed to the rod f , and the small handle , h , or pencil , which the writer holds in his hand when in use , is attached to ...
... hinge , g , by which its motion allows the whole pentagraph to be lifted up the other end of the rod , b , is jointed to the rod f , and the small handle , h , or pencil , which the writer holds in his hand when in use , is attached to ...
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... hinge , are of a conoidal and spiral form . At the basis of the shell is the hinge , by which the valves are moved on each other ; and in the anterior chink a ligament is placed , by which the valves are closely connect- ed . This chink ...
... hinge , are of a conoidal and spiral form . At the basis of the shell is the hinge , by which the valves are moved on each other ; and in the anterior chink a ligament is placed , by which the valves are closely connect- ed . This chink ...
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... hinge with , for the most part , a thick , solid , spreading tooth , not inserted in the opposite valve . 5. Solen . Razor - shell . Shell oblong , gaping at both ends ; hinge with a subu- lated reflexed tooth , often double , not in ...
... hinge with , for the most part , a thick , solid , spreading tooth , not inserted in the opposite valve . 5. Solen . Razor - shell . Shell oblong , gaping at both ends ; hinge with a subu- lated reflexed tooth , often double , not in ...
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... hinge without teeth ; the valves ad- here on one side . UNIVALVE SHELLS , OR COCHLEE . 18. Argonauta . Shell spiral , invo- lute , membranaceous , and with one cham- ber . 19. Nautilus . Divided into many cham- bers , by partitions ...
... hinge without teeth ; the valves ad- here on one side . UNIVALVE SHELLS , OR COCHLEE . 18. Argonauta . Shell spiral , invo- lute , membranaceous , and with one cham- ber . 19. Nautilus . Divided into many cham- bers , by partitions ...
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