The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... termed " galanga cardamoms , " which have the properties of cardamoms and ginger combined , and in China are used for various medicinal purposes . ( See Hanbury , Science Papers , pp . 107-9 , and 252 , 253 , 1876 ; and F. P. Smith , op ...
... termed " galanga cardamoms , " which have the properties of cardamoms and ginger combined , and in China are used for various medicinal purposes . ( See Hanbury , Science Papers , pp . 107-9 , and 252 , 253 , 1876 ; and F. P. Smith , op ...
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... termed the Galatian of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia ; and after Olympus , is not properly included within the limits of the they were come to Mysia , they assayed to go into Bithynia , province , but forms in part the ...
... termed the Galatian of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia ; and after Olympus , is not properly included within the limits of the they were come to Mysia , they assayed to go into Bithynia , province , but forms in part the ...
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... termed barzud , the plants producing it being known as kinneh and nafeel ( Royle , Man . of Mat . Med . ) . Avicenna extols the drug for its emmenagogue , diuretic , and various other virtues , and as an antidote " for all poisons ...
... termed barzud , the plants producing it being known as kinneh and nafeel ( Royle , Man . of Mat . Med . ) . Avicenna extols the drug for its emmenagogue , diuretic , and various other virtues , and as an antidote " for all poisons ...
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... termed the Landgrave of Hesse , made him resolve on a course of action , which lost a gladiator for the little arena of Geneva and gained Albert Gallatin for the larger political field which the young and growing government of the ...
... termed the Landgrave of Hesse , made him resolve on a course of action , which lost a gladiator for the little arena of Geneva and gained Albert Gallatin for the larger political field which the young and growing government of the ...
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... termed blue , to dark greyish - yellow within . black , " or green " galls contain the insect ; the inferior " white " galls , which are lighter coloured , and not so compact , heavy , or astringent , are gathered after its escape ( see ...
... termed blue , to dark greyish - yellow within . black , " or green " galls contain the insect ; the inferior " white " galls , which are lighter coloured , and not so compact , heavy , or astringent , are gathered after its escape ( see ...
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