The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... pass through . On their arrival at the stomach , they may pass mixed with the mass of food into the in- testines ; and when full grown , in drop- ping from the animal to the ground , a dirty road or water may receive them . If on the ...
... pass through . On their arrival at the stomach , they may pass mixed with the mass of food into the in- testines ; and when full grown , in drop- ping from the animal to the ground , a dirty road or water may receive them . If on the ...
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... pass over in common distillation , with a greater de- gree of heat than that of boiling water , or by the application of a strong heat to sub- stances from which no oil was previously extracted . These empyreumatic oils agree in some of ...
... pass over in common distillation , with a greater de- gree of heat than that of boiling water , or by the application of a strong heat to sub- stances from which no oil was previously extracted . These empyreumatic oils agree in some of ...
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... pass freely through them in right lines , without striking on any of the parts themselves . For since water is nineteen times lighter or rarer than gold ; and yet gold itself is so very rare that magnetic effluvia pass freely through it ...
... pass freely through them in right lines , without striking on any of the parts themselves . For since water is nineteen times lighter or rarer than gold ; and yet gold itself is so very rare that magnetic effluvia pass freely through it ...
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... pass straight through the body , excepting such as are lost and absorbed , by striking on solid parts : but in the bor- dering of parts of unequal density , such as those of wood and paper , both with regard to themselves , and with ...
... pass straight through the body , excepting such as are lost and absorbed , by striking on solid parts : but in the bor- dering of parts of unequal density , such as those of wood and paper , both with regard to themselves , and with ...
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... pass through it . Thus , water , air , and glass , are called media . Parallel rays , are such as move always at the same dis- tance from each other . If rays continually recede from each other , as from C to ed ( Plate I. Optics , fig ...
... pass through it . Thus , water , air , and glass , are called media . Parallel rays , are such as move always at the same dis- tance from each other . If rays continually recede from each other , as from C to ed ( Plate I. Optics , fig ...
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