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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... plant is jointed , like that of other sorts of cane , or reed ; from this root arise four , five , or more shoots , proportionable to the age or strength of the root , eight or ten feet high , according to the goodness of the ground ...
... plant is jointed , like that of other sorts of cane , or reed ; from this root arise four , five , or more shoots , proportionable to the age or strength of the root , eight or ten feet high , according to the goodness of the ground ...
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... plant that produces it , but only some of its internal parts . It is met with in the shops in flat and thin cakes , into which it has been formed by pressing , and which consists of many long and narrow fila- ments , that are smallest ...
... plant that produces it , but only some of its internal parts . It is met with in the shops in flat and thin cakes , into which it has been formed by pressing , and which consists of many long and narrow fila- ments , that are smallest ...
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... plants grow , cut them up toward the latter end of summer , when they are fully grown ; and after hav- ing dried them in the sun , they burn them for their ashes , which are used in making of glass and soap . These herbs are by the ...
... plants grow , cut them up toward the latter end of summer , when they are fully grown ; and after hav- ing dried them in the sun , they burn them for their ashes , which are used in making of glass and soap . These herbs are by the ...
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... plants are well known for producing alkaline salt , commonly called barilla , soda , or kelp ; many of them are ... plant , which rises above five or six inches high , sending out many side branches , which spread on every side , with ...
... plants are well known for producing alkaline salt , commonly called barilla , soda , or kelp ; many of them are ... plant , which rises above five or six inches high , sending out many side branches , which spread on every side , with ...
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... plant , before the calyxes open , by the size of the protuberant grains . SALUTATION , the act of saluting , greeting , or paying respect and reverence to any one . There is a great variety in the forms of salutation . The orientals ...
... plant , before the calyxes open , by the size of the protuberant grains . SALUTATION , the act of saluting , greeting , or paying respect and reverence to any one . There is a great variety in the forms of salutation . The orientals ...
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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.
Page 5 - Of the nature of those changes which take place in the Digestion of Food. Of the Chemical Principles of the process of Tanning Leather; and of the objects that must particularly be had in view in attempts to improve that most useful art. Of the Chemical Principles of the art of making Soap ; of the art of Bleaching; of the art of Dyeing; and in general of all the Mechanical Arts, as they apply to the various branches of manufacture.
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 lĞw 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...