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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... light , and of a loose texture ; branches quadrangular , straight , with opposite branchlets , chan- nelled and covered with a russet down ; each branchlet has three flowers , of which that in the middle is sessile ; calyx purplish ...
... light , and of a loose texture ; branches quadrangular , straight , with opposite branchlets , chan- nelled and covered with a russet down ; each branchlet has three flowers , of which that in the middle is sessile ; calyx purplish ...
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... light and rapid , is not at first remarkably hot , but it increases in heat in proportion as it continues . All ani- mated bodies soon discover it by the change it produces in them . The lungs , which a too rarefied air no longer ...
... light and rapid , is not at first remarkably hot , but it increases in heat in proportion as it continues . All ani- mated bodies soon discover it by the change it produces in them . The lungs , which a too rarefied air no longer ...
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... light ashes are now to be laid on these tiles , and heaped up so as to cover the bulb and part of the neck of the retort . Dr. Black found that this produced a very gradual diminution of the heat , as it recedes from the fuel , and is ...
... light ashes are now to be laid on these tiles , and heaped up so as to cover the bulb and part of the neck of the retort . Dr. Black found that this produced a very gradual diminution of the heat , as it recedes from the fuel , and is ...
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... light and the eye , or the eye and the light . It occurs massive , in blunt edged and rolled pieces . Its principal fracture is shining , passing into splendent . Specific gravity is about 2.7 . It runs into a white enamel , with ...
... light and the eye , or the eye and the light . It occurs massive , in blunt edged and rolled pieces . Its principal fracture is shining , passing into splendent . Specific gravity is about 2.7 . It runs into a white enamel , with ...
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... If the goods with which she is laden be ex- tremely heavy , her burthen is determined by the weight thereof ; but if light , she carries as much as she can stow for the pur- E 2 LAD LAD sentry, and serving to convey the chyle to ...
... If the goods with which she is laden be ex- tremely heavy , her burthen is determined by the weight thereof ; but if light , she carries as much as she can stow for the pur- E 2 LAD LAD sentry, and serving to convey the chyle to ...
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