The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 6 |
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... common sand that is dug in pits never answers nearly so well . However , if mixed with dung , it is much better than laid on alone and a very fine manure is made by covering the bottom of sheep - folds with several loads of sand every ...
... common sand that is dug in pits never answers nearly so well . However , if mixed with dung , it is much better than laid on alone and a very fine manure is made by covering the bottom of sheep - folds with several loads of sand every ...
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... common factitious red arsenic , and with the red matter formed by melting the common yellow orpiment . It is a pure substance , of a very even and re- gular structure , is throughout of that colour which our dyers term an orange ...
... common factitious red arsenic , and with the red matter formed by melting the common yellow orpiment . It is a pure substance , of a very even and re- gular structure , is throughout of that colour which our dyers term an orange ...
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... common on the coast of Coromandel . Some travellers confound it with the wood of Caliatour , which is used in dyeing . The S. album , or white sanders , is brought from the East Indies , in billets about the thickness of a man's leg ...
... common on the coast of Coromandel . Some travellers confound it with the wood of Caliatour , which is used in dyeing . The S. album , or white sanders , is brought from the East Indies , in billets about the thickness of a man's leg ...
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... common salt , the water combines only with a certain proportion ; and whatever quanti- ty of salt is added beyond this proportion , it falls to the bottom undissolved . The rea- son of this is , that the particles of the salt are held ...
... common salt , the water combines only with a certain proportion ; and whatever quanti- ty of salt is added beyond this proportion , it falls to the bottom undissolved . The rea- son of this is , that the particles of the salt are held ...
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... common rules of arith- metic . And here it was that his excellent mathematical genius first appeared ; for he very soon became able , to work the com- mon questions , to make very long calcula- tions by the strength of his memory , and ...
... common rules of arith- metic . And here it was that his excellent mathematical genius first appeared ; for he very soon became able , to work the com- mon questions , to make very long calcula- tions by the strength of his memory , and ...
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