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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... situation . When the air blows upon these strings with diffe- rent degrees of force , it will excite different tones of sound ; sometimes the blast brings ACROCHORDUS , in natural history , a genus of the class Amphibia , and of the or ...
... situation . When the air blows upon these strings with diffe- rent degrees of force , it will excite different tones of sound ; sometimes the blast brings ACROCHORDUS , in natural history , a genus of the class Amphibia , and of the or ...
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... situation it will either float , or be driven in the direction of the wind or current of air , to which it is exposed . An air - balloon is a body of this kind , the whole mass of which , including its covering and contents , and the ...
... situation it will either float , or be driven in the direction of the wind or current of air , to which it is exposed . An air - balloon is a body of this kind , the whole mass of which , including its covering and contents , and the ...
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... situation . In five weeks the offsets will put off new roots , and the pots should then be removed to a more sunny situation , and have more water . In September they will put out their flower- stalks , and toward the end of the month ...
... situation . In five weeks the offsets will put off new roots , and the pots should then be removed to a more sunny situation , and have more water . In September they will put out their flower- stalks , and toward the end of the month ...
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... situation in which they found it requisite to avail themselves of all means and resources to extricate themselves from comparative impoverishment . Evelyn and Jethro Tull were , at a somewhat later period , of eminent service in ...
... situation in which they found it requisite to avail themselves of all means and resources to extricate themselves from comparative impoverishment . Evelyn and Jethro Tull were , at a somewhat later period , of eminent service in ...
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... situation to which they are applied . To prevent , however , the sides from falling in , they must at top be three ... situations , and drains construct- ed of these materials , thirty years ago , are found in several places effectually ...
... situation to which they are applied . To prevent , however , the sides from falling in , they must at top be three ... situations , and drains construct- ed of these materials , thirty years ago , are found in several places effectually ...
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