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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... nature moral , was never abrogated by the New Testament . They say that Satur day must at least be deemed of equal vali ... natural history , a genus of the Vermes Testacea class and order . Generic character : animal a nereis , with a ...
... nature moral , was never abrogated by the New Testament . They say that Satur day must at least be deemed of equal vali ... natural history , a genus of the Vermes Testacea class and order . Generic character : animal a nereis , with a ...
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... order . Natural order of Gramina , Gra- mineć , or grasses . Essential character : calyx two - valved , involucred with a long lanugo ; corolla two - valved . There are eleven species : among which we shall notice the S. officinarum ...
... order . Natural order of Gramina , Gra- mineć , or grasses . Essential character : calyx two - valved , involucred with a long lanugo ; corolla two - valved . There are eleven species : among which we shall notice the S. officinarum ...
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... order . Natural order of Caryophyllei , or Caryophylleć . Essential character : calyx four - leaved ; petals four ; capsule one- celled , four - valved , many - seeded . There are five species , of which the most re- markable is the ...
... order . Natural order of Caryophyllei , or Caryophylleć . Essential character : calyx four - leaved ; petals four ; capsule one- celled , four - valved , many - seeded . There are five species , of which the most re- markable is the ...
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... natural , in mineralogy , a species of the fossil salts , is of a greyish white colour , passing to yellow . It is ... order . Es sential character : monogynous , or one- styled ; calyx five - parted ; corolla five- petalled ; anthers ...
... natural , in mineralogy , a species of the fossil salts , is of a greyish white colour , passing to yellow . It is ... order . Es sential character : monogynous , or one- styled ; calyx five - parted ; corolla five- petalled ; anthers ...
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... order . Natural order of Holoraceć . Atriplices , Jussieu . Essen- tial character : calyx ventricose , entire ; petals none ; stamens one or two ; seed one , covered by the calyx . There are nine species , of which the most remark- able ...
... order . Natural order of Holoraceć . Atriplices , Jussieu . Essen- tial character : calyx ventricose , entire ; petals none ; stamens one or two ; seed one , covered by the calyx . There are nine species , of which the most remark- able ...
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Page 1 - I scarce could turn to fall upon the ground, with my head to the northward, when I felt the heat of its current plainly upon my face. We all lay flat on the ground, as if dead, till Idris told us it was blown over. The meteor, or purple haze, which I saw, was indeed passed, but the light air that still blew was of heat to threaten suffocation.
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Page 25 - Hence too it follows, that the infamous and unchristian practice of withholding baptism from negro servants, lest they should thereby gain their liberty, is totally without foundation, as well as without excuse. The l«w of England acts upon general and extensive principles : it gives liberty, rightly understood, that is, protection, to a Jew, a Turk, or a Heathen...
Page 11 - It is very probable that the great stratum called the milky way, is that in which the sun is placed, though perhaps not in the very centre of its thickness.
Page 3 - The distance between two points on the surface of a sphere is the length of the minor arc of a great circle between them.
Page 19 - To this head may also be referred the practice of what is called a set-off: whereby the defendant acknowledges the justice of the plaintiff's demand on the one hand, but on the other sets up a demand of his own, to counterbalance that of the plaintiff, either in the whole or in part...