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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... quantity of wool con- taining just twenty - two stone , and every stone fourteen pounds . In Scotland , a sack is twenty - four stone , each stone con- taining sixteen pounds . SACKS of earth , in fortification , are can- vass - bags ...
... quantity of wool con- taining just twenty - two stone , and every stone fourteen pounds . In Scotland , a sack is twenty - four stone , each stone con- taining sixteen pounds . SACKS of earth , in fortification , are can- vass - bags ...
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... quantity used . The filaments are the cristated capillaments , into which the pistil of the flower divides at its head ; they are of a deep reddish orange colour , while growing , and there are only three of them in each flower ...
... quantity used . The filaments are the cristated capillaments , into which the pistil of the flower divides at its head ; they are of a deep reddish orange colour , while growing , and there are only three of them in each flower ...
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... quantity of fecula than any other vegeta- ble substance , and in a state of perfect purity . A very pure fecula , in large quantity , is also extracted from the pota- toe , the root being peeled , well cleansed , and rasped , the pulp ...
... quantity of fecula than any other vegeta- ble substance , and in a state of perfect purity . A very pure fecula , in large quantity , is also extracted from the pota- toe , the root being peeled , well cleansed , and rasped , the pulp ...
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... quantity of air . Saliva has a strong attraction for oxygen , which , by trituration , it commu- nicates to some metallic substances , as mercury , gold , and silver . When saliva is boiled in water , albumen is precipitated , and when ...
... quantity of air . Saliva has a strong attraction for oxygen , which , by trituration , it commu- nicates to some metallic substances , as mercury , gold , and silver . When saliva is boiled in water , albumen is precipitated , and when ...
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... quantities , and dried , not only for the use of man , but of cattle , for which they con- stitute a valuable food ... quantity than any other neutral salt . The waters of the ocean owe their saltness to it : it is found in a number of ...
... quantities , and dried , not only for the use of man , but of cattle , for which they con- stitute a valuable food ... quantity than any other neutral salt . The waters of the ocean owe their saltness to it : it is found in a number of ...
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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...