The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 4 |
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... head of AGRICULTURE , tind a few addi- tional remarks , which were given with the view to bringing all matters relating to farming under one general head , while we reserved this mechanical part to be sepa- rately treated , under its ...
... head of AGRICULTURE , tind a few addi- tional remarks , which were given with the view to bringing all matters relating to farming under one general head , while we reserved this mechanical part to be sepa- rately treated , under its ...
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... head and breast ; whence the hæmorrhage at the nose and mouth , which happens after death . This wind is especially destructive to per- sons of a plethoric habit , and those in whom fatigue has destroyed the tone of the muscles and the ...
... head and breast ; whence the hæmorrhage at the nose and mouth , which happens after death . This wind is especially destructive to per- sons of a plethoric habit , and those in whom fatigue has destroyed the tone of the muscles and the ...
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... head , and c the neck . Generally speaking , this is not a very useful instrument . In large distilla- tions an alembic or still is used , but the condensation is effected by a spiral pipe , called the worm , which passes through a tub ...
... head , and c the neck . Generally speaking , this is not a very useful instrument . In large distilla- tions an alembic or still is used , but the condensation is effected by a spiral pipe , called the worm , which passes through a tub ...
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... head ; segments of the abdomen terminating in folded papilla : female usually apterous . There are nearly sixty species , in four divisions , viz . A. feel- ers subclavate B. fore - feelers hatchet- shaped : C. feelers sub - filiform ...
... head ; segments of the abdomen terminating in folded papilla : female usually apterous . There are nearly sixty species , in four divisions , viz . A. feel- ers subclavate B. fore - feelers hatchet- shaped : C. feelers sub - filiform ...
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... head and heart by pleasing the ear ) yet all cul- tivated languages will be found to possess sufficient power of pleasing the native ear ; ' and among those who made sound so much an object , sense was often sacrificed to it : with ...
... head and heart by pleasing the ear ) yet all cul- tivated languages will be found to possess sufficient power of pleasing the native ear ; ' and among those who made sound so much an object , sense was often sacrificed to it : with ...
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