American Edition of the 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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... body with myrrh , cassia , and other spices , except frankincense , proper to dry up the hu- mours , they pickled it in nitre , where it lay soaking for seventy days . The body was then wrapped up in bandages of fine linen and gums , to ...
... body with myrrh , cassia , and other spices , except frankincense , proper to dry up the hu- mours , they pickled it in nitre , where it lay soaking for seventy days . The body was then wrapped up in bandages of fine linen and gums , to ...
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... body to drink with , and talk to . The late Mr. Montague was very kind to Mr. Emerson , and often visited him , being pleased with his con- versation , and used frequently to come to him in the fields where he was work- ing , and ...
... body to drink with , and talk to . The late Mr. Montague was very kind to Mr. Emerson , and often visited him , being pleased with his con- versation , and used frequently to come to him in the fields where he was work- ing , and ...
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... body , Broug- niart softens the glaze a little , by intro- ducing more siliceous or calcareous flux , according to the nature of the feldspar . This method succeeded , and for twelve months then past the colours had past two and three ...
... body , Broug- niart softens the glaze a little , by intro- ducing more siliceous or calcareous flux , according to the nature of the feldspar . This method succeeded , and for twelve months then past the colours had past two and three ...
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... body sometimes change in the baking , and ac- quire a great transparency . They are generally beautiful only when ... bodies on which they are placed , we must shew the particular and most interesting phe- nomena , which every principal ...
... body sometimes change in the baking , and ac- quire a great transparency . They are generally beautiful only when ... bodies on which they are placed , we must shew the particular and most interesting phe- nomena , which every principal ...
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... body politic ; such as the enfranchisement , of one made a citizen of London or other city , or burgess of any town corporate , because he is made partaker of its liber- ties or franchises . ENGINE , in mechanics , is a compound machine ...
... body politic ; such as the enfranchisement , of one made a citizen of London or other city , or burgess of any town corporate , because he is made partaker of its liber- ties or franchises . ENGINE , in mechanics , is a compound machine ...
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