The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... Romans from Persia , as its Latin name , malus Per- sica , indicates ; and it has been cultivated from time immemorial in most parts of Asia ; it has been adopted by almost every nation of Europe L 2 AMYGDALUS . ovate, obtuse, concave ...
... Romans from Persia , as its Latin name , malus Per- sica , indicates ; and it has been cultivated from time immemorial in most parts of Asia ; it has been adopted by almost every nation of Europe L 2 AMYGDALUS . ovate, obtuse, concave ...
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... Roman , the temple , and the vermash . The white nec- tarine may also be cultivated , both for the goodness of its fruit , and as being a curious variety . AMYRIS , a genus of the Octandria Mo- nogynia class and order ; its characters ...
... Roman , the temple , and the vermash . The white nec- tarine may also be cultivated , both for the goodness of its fruit , and as being a curious variety . AMYRIS , a genus of the Octandria Mo- nogynia class and order ; its characters ...
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... Roman people . It is certain , that no- thing can stir in the night , nor the least or most distant noise be made , but the geese are roused , and immediately begin to hold their cackling converse ; and on the nearer approach of ...
... Roman people . It is certain , that no- thing can stir in the night , nor the least or most distant noise be made , but the geese are roused , and immediately begin to hold their cackling converse ; and on the nearer approach of ...
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... Roman empire , that is , in the space of six hundred years , anatomy was greatly improved ; the philo . sophers still considering it as a most curious and interesting branch of natural know- ledge , and the physicians , as a principal ...
... Roman empire , that is , in the space of six hundred years , anatomy was greatly improved ; the philo . sophers still considering it as a most curious and interesting branch of natural know- ledge , and the physicians , as a principal ...
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... Roman who was great in science or art , in painting or sculpture , in physic , or in any branch of natural knowledge . We cannot therefore introduce one Roman into the history of anatomy . Pliny and Celsus were mere compilers from the ...
... Roman who was great in science or art , in painting or sculpture , in physic , or in any branch of natural knowledge . We cannot therefore introduce one Roman into the history of anatomy . Pliny and Celsus were mere compilers from the ...
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