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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... covered with earth , as should all small seeds , notwithstanding the common opinion to the contrary . From the middle of April to that of May is the proper season for sowing it . Although it will last three years if cut down green , the ...
... covered with earth , as should all small seeds , notwithstanding the common opinion to the contrary . From the middle of April to that of May is the proper season for sowing it . Although it will last three years if cut down green , the ...
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... covered by going round it with the plough , and forming the three - feet spaces into ridges . Wider rows answer no pro- fitable object , and with straiter ones a horse has not room to walk . Thick sowing is far better than thin ...
... covered by going round it with the plough , and forming the three - feet spaces into ridges . Wider rows answer no pro- fitable object , and with straiter ones a horse has not room to walk . Thick sowing is far better than thin ...
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... covered with snow , and the larks are to be allured to it by some white oats , scattered among the nooses . They will soon fly to them , and , in eating , will be hung by the nooses . They must be taken away as soon as three or four are ...
... covered with snow , and the larks are to be allured to it by some white oats , scattered among the nooses . They will soon fly to them , and , in eating , will be hung by the nooses . They must be taken away as soon as three or four are ...
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... ; their prevailing colour is sky blue ; their nostrils are small , and generally covered . A. ispida , ispida of Gesner , Ray , European kingsfisher of Pennant , and common kings . fisher of Latham , is the only one we shall ALC ALC.
... ; their prevailing colour is sky blue ; their nostrils are small , and generally covered . A. ispida , ispida of Gesner , Ray , European kingsfisher of Pennant , and common kings . fisher of Latham , is the only one we shall ALC ALC.
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... covered with spots or some such like mat- ter , is periodically turned towards the earth . ALGORITHM , an Arabic term , not unfrequently used to denote the practical rules of algebra , and sometimes for the practice of common arithmetic ...
... covered with spots or some such like mat- ter , is periodically turned towards the earth . ALGORITHM , an Arabic term , not unfrequently used to denote the practical rules of algebra , and sometimes for the practice of common arithmetic ...
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