The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1818 - Natural history |
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... considerable number of the fossil Madrepores no resemblance is discoverable , except in their stelliform openings , with any recent coral . So great indeed is this departure in some instances from the general characters of our present ...
... considerable number of the fossil Madrepores no resemblance is discoverable , except in their stelliform openings , with any recent coral . So great indeed is this departure in some instances from the general characters of our present ...
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... considerable size , measuring above two inches in length , and is of a most beautiful green colour , with the back of a dull purple , freckled with very numerous deeper streaks in a longitudinal direction : this purple of the back is ...
... considerable size , measuring above two inches in length , and is of a most beautiful green colour , with the back of a dull purple , freckled with very numerous deeper streaks in a longitudinal direction : this purple of the back is ...
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... considerable degree of heat . Watery extracts are prepared by boil- ing the subject in water , and evaporating the strained decoction to a thick consist- ence . It is indifferent , with regard to the me- dicine , whether the subject be ...
... considerable degree of heat . Watery extracts are prepared by boil- ing the subject in water , and evaporating the strained decoction to a thick consist- ence . It is indifferent , with regard to the me- dicine , whether the subject be ...
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