British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... continued to work according to their an- cient method . It might be supposed , that by previous ly reducing the colour flamed carmine , already mixed with its solvent into a vitreous matter , the last tint would be obtained ; but the ...
... continued to work according to their an- cient method . It might be supposed , that by previous ly reducing the colour flamed carmine , already mixed with its solvent into a vitreous matter , the last tint would be obtained ; but the ...
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... continued chain , as it were , of lungs , or something analogous to them , distributed throughout the whole length of the body ; the head is furnished with a pair of what are termed antennæ , or horns , which are extremely different in ...
... continued chain , as it were , of lungs , or something analogous to them , distributed throughout the whole length of the body ; the head is furnished with a pair of what are termed antennæ , or horns , which are extremely different in ...
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... continued for two or three days . They are as swift as horses , and indeed , in all ages , the wild ass has been considered as distinguished by rapi- dity . They attack and defend both with the hoof and teeth , in the same manner as ...
... continued for two or three days . They are as swift as horses , and indeed , in all ages , the wild ass has been considered as distinguished by rapi- dity . They attack and defend both with the hoof and teeth , in the same manner as ...
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... continued till about half the quantity of alcohol employed has distilled over , or until the neck of the retort becomes ob- scured with white fumes , which condense into a matter of apparently an oily consist ence . The liquor which ...
... continued till about half the quantity of alcohol employed has distilled over , or until the neck of the retort becomes ob- scured with white fumes , which condense into a matter of apparently an oily consist ence . The liquor which ...
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... continued , without either degenerating into a selfish jealousy , or producing the least alteration in their friendship . It was at this time that he carried to new de- grees of perfection the integral calculus , invented the ...
... continued , without either degenerating into a selfish jealousy , or producing the least alteration in their friendship . It was at this time that he carried to new de- grees of perfection the integral calculus , invented the ...
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