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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... species of the ellipsis be determin . ed , this series will be more simple : for if 3 as c2r , then MB = a + 96r + 2048+ 113 a 3419 a9 a3 + 458752a6 +75497472 , & c . This series will serve for an hyperbola , by making the even parts of ...
... species of the ellipsis be determin . ed , this series will be more simple : for if 3 as c2r , then MB = a + 96r + 2048+ 113 a 3419 a9 a3 + 458752a6 +75497472 , & c . This series will serve for an hyperbola , by making the even parts of ...
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... species , viz . E. nyctelea , cut- leaved ellisia , a native of Virginia . ELM . See ULMUS . The elm is very serviceable in places where it may lie con- tinually dry or wet in extremes . Ac- cordingly , it is proper for water - works ...
... species , viz . E. nyctelea , cut- leaved ellisia , a native of Virginia . ELM . See ULMUS . The elm is very serviceable in places where it may lie con- tinually dry or wet in extremes . Ac- cordingly , it is proper for water - works ...
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... species . Latham enumerates sixty - three , of which the most important are the following : E. ni- valis , the snow bunting . These birds are about the size of a chaffinch , and have been found in the most northern latitudes to which ...
... species . Latham enumerates sixty - three , of which the most important are the following : E. ni- valis , the snow bunting . These birds are about the size of a chaffinch , and have been found in the most northern latitudes to which ...
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... species of larks . They are stationary in England , but on the con- inent are birds of passage . During the incubation of the female , the male is ob- served frequently on the bare and promi- nent branch of some neighbouring tree ...
... species of larks . They are stationary in England , but on the con- inent are birds of passage . During the incubation of the female , the male is ob- served frequently on the bare and promi- nent branch of some neighbouring tree ...
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... species . EMBRACERY , is an attempt to cor- rupt or influence a jury , or any way in- cline them to be more favourable to the one side than the other , by money , pro- mises , letters , threats , or persuasions , whether the juror , on ...
... species . EMBRACERY , is an attempt to cor- rupt or influence a jury , or any way in- cline them to be more favourable to the one side than the other , by money , pro- mises , letters , threats , or persuasions , whether the juror , on ...
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