Encyclop¿dia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 557
... living nature is lefs active , lefs cerning the energetic , in the New world than in the Old . " He degeneracy affirms , 1. That the animals common to both con- of animal nature in tinents are fmaller in America . 2. That those pecu ...
... living nature is lefs active , lefs cerning the energetic , in the New world than in the Old . " He degeneracy affirms , 1. That the animals common to both con- of animal nature in tinents are fmaller in America . 2. That those pecu ...
Page 630
... living longer in the air than the other kinds of fifh ? This is anfwered , by confidering the providen- tial care of the great Creator for thefe and every one of his creatures : for fince they were capable of loco- motion by their form ...
... living longer in the air than the other kinds of fifh ? This is anfwered , by confidering the providen- tial care of the great Creator for thefe and every one of his creatures : for fince they were capable of loco- motion by their form ...
Page 734
... living principle , when taken into the ftomach , are not in the leaft affected by the action of that vifcus ; but the mo- ment they lofe the living principle , they become fub- ject to its digeftive powers . This feems to be the cafe ...
... living principle , when taken into the ftomach , are not in the leaft affected by the action of that vifcus ; but the mo- ment they lofe the living principle , they become fub- ject to its digeftive powers . This feems to be the cafe ...
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affift againſt alfo Algiers almoft alſo America ancient arteries becauſe befides blood body bones British cafe called calyx cartilages caufe cavity chyle colour compofed confequence confiderable confifts courfe defcribed difcovered dura mater equation expreffed faid falt fame fays fecond feems feen fent feparated ferve feven feveral fhips fhould fide figns fimple firft firſt fituation fize fmall fome fometimes foon fpecies fquare ftate ftill ftomach ftone ftrong fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fuperior fupply fuppofed furface himſelf increaſed iſland itſelf lacteals laft lefs ligament likewife Lord Cornwallis meaſure membrane moft moſt mufcles muft muſcles muſt neceffary neral nerves obferved occafion offa oppofite paffage pafs perfon pofitive pofterior prefent procefs proportional equation purpoſe quantity raiſed reafon refemblance refolved refpect roots ſmall thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoracic duct thoſe tion troops ufually ulna uſed veffels veins vertebr¿ weft whofe