Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Том 15John Brown, 1816 |
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... nature or appearance in different diftricts ; fo that even in the fhort extent of half a mile , the ftrata are found quite different from what they are in ano- ther place . As little are they the fame either in depth or folidity ...
... nature or appearance in different diftricts ; fo that even in the fhort extent of half a mile , the ftrata are found quite different from what they are in ano- ther place . As little are they the fame either in depth or folidity ...
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... nature of thefe waters long puzzled chemifts . Though they often depofit fulphur fpontaneously , yet no fulphur could be artificially separated from them . The fecret was at laft difcovered by Bergman . Thefe waters are of two kinds ...
... nature of thefe waters long puzzled chemifts . Though they often depofit fulphur fpontaneously , yet no fulphur could be artificially separated from them . The fecret was at laft difcovered by Bergman . Thefe waters are of two kinds ...
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... nature . The varieties in the proportion of the ingredients con flitute fpecies . I have not inpofed names upon thefe generat , but , in imitation of BERGMAN , have denoted each by a fymbol . This fymbol is compofed of the first letter ...
... nature . The varieties in the proportion of the ingredients con flitute fpecies . I have not inpofed names upon thefe generat , but , in imitation of BERGMAN , have denoted each by a fymbol . This fymbol is compofed of the first letter ...
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... nature ; some of serpent kind , Wond'rous in length , and corpulence , involv'd Their fnaky folds , and added wings . Milton . 2. This word is applied , in the northern counties , to a small fort of fish , which they pronounce men . in ...
... nature ; some of serpent kind , Wond'rous in length , and corpulence , involv'd Their fnaky folds , and added wings . Milton . 2. This word is applied , in the northern counties , to a small fort of fish , which they pronounce men . in ...
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... nature in the open air , totally perish in winter , at the first attack of froft or exceffive rain . If in autumn , however , when the stalks begin to affume a ftate of decay , the roots are taken up , preferved in fand in a dry room ...
... nature in the open air , totally perish in winter , at the first attack of froft or exceffive rain . If in autumn , however , when the stalks begin to affume a ftate of decay , the roots are taken up , preferved in fand in a dry room ...
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