The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 10Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1818 - Natural history |
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... substance , and supplies the place of the vestibule and cochlea : there is a nerve distributed up- on it similar to the portio mollis in man : they have semicircular canals , which are filled with a fluid , and communicate with the bag ...
... substance , and supplies the place of the vestibule and cochlea : there is a nerve distributed up- on it similar to the portio mollis in man : they have semicircular canals , which are filled with a fluid , and communicate with the bag ...
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... substance , which having been dissolved in a fluid , falls to the bottom of the vessel on the addition of some other substance , capable of producing a decom- position of the compound . The term is generally applied when the separation ...
... substance , which having been dissolved in a fluid , falls to the bottom of the vessel on the addition of some other substance , capable of producing a decom- position of the compound . The term is generally applied when the separation ...
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... substance used in polishing metals , precious stones , and glass ; it is also the base of most of the opaque enamels . It is made by cal- cining equal parts of tin and lead . Gla- zier's putty was probably composed of this true putty ...
... substance used in polishing metals , precious stones , and glass ; it is also the base of most of the opaque enamels . It is made by cal- cining equal parts of tin and lead . Gla- zier's putty was probably composed of this true putty ...
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