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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... five o'clock in the afternoon ; and in exactly three quarters of an hour they descended near the sea , at the dis- tance of four miles from Colchester . The distance of that place from Ranelagh is 60 miles ; therefore they travelled at ...
... five o'clock in the afternoon ; and in exactly three quarters of an hour they descended near the sea , at the dis- tance of four miles from Colchester . The distance of that place from Ranelagh is 60 miles ; therefore they travelled at ...
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... five or six parts of water . Iron may be expected to yield in the common way about 1700 times its own bulk of gas ... five - leaved and patent : the stamina are five ; the pistil- lum is a globulous ovary , having a filiform style ...
... five or six parts of water . Iron may be expected to yield in the common way about 1700 times its own bulk of gas ... five - leaved and patent : the stamina are five ; the pistil- lum is a globulous ovary , having a filiform style ...
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... five - celled , one - seeded ; kernel five - lobed . One species , viz . A. aro- maticum , a tree in Madagascar , with an aromatic rufous bark . AGAVE , in botany , a genus of the Hex- andria Monogynia class and order , of the natural ...
... five - celled , one - seeded ; kernel five - lobed . One species , viz . A. aro- maticum , a tree in Madagascar , with an aromatic rufous bark . AGAVE , in botany , a genus of the Hex- andria Monogynia class and order , of the natural ...
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... five or six feet . On each side of the bank should be planted a single row of quick - thorn . If the thorn be of the bullace or damson kind , it will be produc- tive and profitable . On the top of the bor- der filbert nuts may be ...
... five or six feet . On each side of the bank should be planted a single row of quick - thorn . If the thorn be of the bullace or damson kind , it will be produc- tive and profitable . On the top of the bor- der filbert nuts may be ...
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... five months . Two beasts , of the weight just mentioned , if half fat when put to carrots , might become completely so by consuming the produce of an acre . Cab- bages are but little inferior for the purpose to carrots and oil cake . An ...
... five months . Two beasts , of the weight just mentioned , if half fat when put to carrots , might become completely so by consuming the produce of an acre . Cab- bages are but little inferior for the purpose to carrots and oil cake . An ...
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