British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 11Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... contained in their pouches for a species of food which they casually and unexpectedly met with , and which they happened to prefer to the former . They retain in captivity much of their native wildness , and appear to evince no feelings ...
... contained in their pouches for a species of food which they casually and unexpectedly met with , and which they happened to prefer to the former . They retain in captivity much of their native wildness , and appear to evince no feelings ...
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... contained on a slip of paper that would be if written the full size , and the lines are but half the length , so ... contain a considerable quantity of information , and when it is all written and rolled upon the roll , I , the lever , k ...
... contained on a slip of paper that would be if written the full size , and the lines are but half the length , so ... contain a considerable quantity of information , and when it is all written and rolled upon the roll , I , the lever , k ...
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... contain them , otherwise they would have overspread all the su- perficies of the earth , and so have render- With regard to the depth or profundity of the sea , Varenius affirms that it is in some places unfathomable , and in other ...
... contain them , otherwise they would have overspread all the su- perficies of the earth , and so have render- With regard to the depth or profundity of the sea , Varenius affirms that it is in some places unfathomable , and in other ...
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... contain- ing an essay towards a natural history of the Adriatic Sea , has related many curi- ous observations on this subject ; having carefully examined the soil and produc- tions of the various countries that sur- round ... contained SEA .
... contain- ing an essay towards a natural history of the Adriatic Sea , has related many curi- ous observations on this subject ; having carefully examined the soil and produc- tions of the various countries that sur- round ... contained SEA .
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... contained in that spe- cies of sea - water . " Whoever undertakes to ascertain the quantity of salt contained in sea - water , either by this or any other method , would do well to observe the state of the wea- ther preceding the time ...
... contained in that spe- cies of sea - water . " Whoever undertakes to ascertain the quantity of salt contained in sea - water , either by this or any other method , would do well to observe the state of the wea- ther preceding the time ...
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Page 1 - I scarce could turn to fall upon the ground, with my head to the northward, when I felt the heat of its current plainly upon my face. We all lay flat on the ground, as if dead, till Idris told us it was blown over. The meteor, or purple haze, which I saw, was indeed passed, but the light air that still blew was of heat to threaten suffocation.
Page 5 - Of the nature of those changes which take place in the Digestion of Food. Of the Chemical Principles of the process of Tanning Leather; and of the objects that must particularly be had in view in attempts to improve that most useful art. Of the Chemical Principles of the art of making Soap ; of the art of Bleaching; of the art of Dyeing; and in general of all the Mechanical Arts, as they apply to the various branches of manufacture.
Page 25 - Hence too it follows, that the infamous and unchristian practice of withholding baptism from negro servants, lest they should thereby gain their liberty, is totally without foundation, as well as without excuse. The l«w of England acts upon general and extensive principles : it gives liberty, rightly understood, that is, protection, to a Jew, a Turk, or a Heathen...
Page 11 - It is very probable that the great stratum called the milky way, is that in which the sun is placed, though perhaps not in the very centre of its thickness.
Page 3 - The distance between two points on the surface of a sphere is the length of the minor arc of a great circle between them.
Page 19 - To this head may also be referred the practice of what is called a set-off: whereby the defendant acknowledges the justice of the plaintiff's demand on the one hand, but on the other sets up a demand of his own, to counterbalance that of the plaintiff, either in the whole or in part...