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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... ANATOMY . ACCENT , among grammarians , is the raising or lowering of the voice in pronounc- ing certain syllables of words . We have three kinds of accents , viz . the acute , the grave , and circumflex . The acute accent , marked thus ...
... ANATOMY . ACCENT , among grammarians , is the raising or lowering of the voice in pronounc- ing certain syllables of words . We have three kinds of accents , viz . the acute , the grave , and circumflex . The acute accent , marked thus ...
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... anatomy , a general name for all such muscles as serve to draw one part of the body towards another . See ANATOMY . ADELIA , in botany , a genus of the Dioecia Gynandria class and order . Male : calyx three parted ; no corolla ; stamina ...
... anatomy , a general name for all such muscles as serve to draw one part of the body towards another . See ANATOMY . ADELIA , in botany , a genus of the Dioecia Gynandria class and order . Male : calyx three parted ; no corolla ; stamina ...
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... anatomical professor there for his demonstrations , is a hole dug in the ground to the depth of thirteen or fourteen feet , and a little stream is turned through it , in order to remove all offensive smell : the flesh contained in this ...
... anatomical professor there for his demonstrations , is a hole dug in the ground to the depth of thirteen or fourteen feet , and a little stream is turned through it , in order to remove all offensive smell : the flesh contained in this ...
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... anatomy to the Royal Academy , the first Englishman who ascended with an aerostatic machine . This experi- ment was performed at Chelsea on the 16th of October . The wings used on this occa- sion seemed to have produced no deviation in ...
... anatomy to the Royal Academy , the first Englishman who ascended with an aerostatic machine . This experi- ment was performed at Chelsea on the 16th of October . The wings used on this occa- sion seemed to have produced no deviation in ...
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... anatomy , is sometimes used for the lobes of the liver , the nymphæ of the female pudendum , the two cartilages which form the nostri !, the arm - pits , young stems or branches , & c . ALANGIUM , in botany , a genus of the Decandria ...
... anatomy , is sometimes used for the lobes of the liver , the nymphæ of the female pudendum , the two cartilages which form the nostri !, the arm - pits , young stems or branches , & c . ALANGIUM , in botany , a genus of the Decandria ...
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