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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... stone , of marble , of wood , and even af horn , as that of Apollo in Delos . Altars VOL L differed in figure as well as in materials . Some were round , others square , and others oval . All of them were turned towards the east , and ...
... stone , of marble , of wood , and even af horn , as that of Apollo in Delos . Altars VOL L differed in figure as well as in materials . Some were round , others square , and others oval . All of them were turned towards the east , and ...
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... stone - ware of all kinds , and of the crucibles and pots em- ployed in all those manufactures which re- quire a strong heat . It is absolutely neces- sary to the dyer and calico - printer , and is employed too with the greatest ...
... stone - ware of all kinds , and of the crucibles and pots em- ployed in all those manufactures which re- quire a strong heat . It is absolutely neces- sary to the dyer and calico - printer , and is employed too with the greatest ...
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... stones of India , it was considered to ployed in all kinds of ornamental dress : al- be the most precious of jewels , and was em- greatest quantity at present consumed in tars were likewise ornamented with it . The commerce , it ...
... stones of India , it was considered to ployed in all kinds of ornamental dress : al- be the most precious of jewels , and was em- greatest quantity at present consumed in tars were likewise ornamented with it . The commerce , it ...
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... stones instead of metals and colours . This in a gentleman's escutcheon is called pur- pure , and in those of sovereign princes mer- cary . AMETHYSTEA , amethyst , so called from the amethystine colours of the flowers , in botany , a ...
... stones instead of metals and colours . This in a gentleman's escutcheon is called pur- pure , and in those of sovereign princes mer- cary . AMETHYSTEA , amethyst , so called from the amethystine colours of the flowers , in botany , a ...
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... stone , metal , simples , animals , and , in a word , of every thing which fancy or caprice suggested ; and sometimes they consisted of words , characters , and sentences , ranged in a particular order , and engraved upon wood , & c ...
... stone , metal , simples , animals , and , in a word , of every thing which fancy or caprice suggested ; and sometimes they consisted of words , characters , and sentences , ranged in a particular order , and engraved upon wood , & c ...
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