Encyclop¿dia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,1. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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... plant has been so much followed in Lombardy , it has fallen to nothing in Abruzzo . In the maritime tracks of country the ... plants ; vulnerary herbs grow there ABSALOM , the son of David by Maacah , was bro- ther to Thamar , David's ...
... plant has been so much followed in Lombardy , it has fallen to nothing in Abruzzo . In the maritime tracks of country the ... plants ; vulnerary herbs grow there ABSALOM , the son of David by Maacah , was bro- ther to Thamar , David's ...
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... plant in wine ; but , according to Fehr , it ought to be pre- pared by fermentation , in order to correct the crudi ... PLANTS . ABSORBING , the fwallowing up , fucking up , or imbibing , any thing : thus black bodies are faid to ab ...
... plant in wine ; but , according to Fehr , it ought to be pre- pared by fermentation , in order to correct the crudi ... PLANTS . ABSORBING , the fwallowing up , fucking up , or imbibing , any thing : thus black bodies are faid to ab ...
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... plants : they were particularly in- ftructed to rectify the longitude and latitude of the prin-- cipal towns ; to make aftronomical , geographical , and meteorological obfervations ; to trace the course of the rivers ; to take the most ...
... plants : they were particularly in- ftructed to rectify the longitude and latitude of the prin-- cipal towns ; to make aftronomical , geographical , and meteorological obfervations ; to trace the course of the rivers ; to take the most ...
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... plants ; the Acangis . characters of which are thefe : The calyx is a perian- thium confifting of four leaves , which are ovate , con- cave , equal , and perfiftent ; there is no corolla : The fta mina confifts of four equal middle ...
... plants ; the Acangis . characters of which are thefe : The calyx is a perian- thium confifting of four leaves , which are ovate , con- cave , equal , and perfiftent ; there is no corolla : The fta mina confifts of four equal middle ...
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... plants . The firft and second species may be propagated either by feeds , or by offsets from the roots . The best way is to raife them from the feeds ; which should be fown about the end of March , in a light foil . They are beft ...
... plants . The firft and second species may be propagated either by feeds , or by offsets from the roots . The best way is to raife them from the feeds ; which should be fown about the end of March , in a light foil . They are beft ...
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acid acre againſt alfo alkali almoſt alſo ancient anſwer atmoſphere barley becauſe beſt cafe called calyx cauſe colour common air confequently confiderable confifts crop dephlogiſticated air diminiſhed diſtance Dr Priestley dung earth eſpecially experiments faid falt fame fays fecond feed feems feet fenfe fent feven feveral fhould fide fignifies filk firft firſt fituation fixed air fluid fmall foil fome fometimes foon fowing fown fpecies fpring ftand ftate ftill ftone ftrong fubftances fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed furface furrow grains greateſt ground harrow heat hiftory himſelf inches increaſe inflammable air itſelf kind king laft land laſt leaſt lefs leſs likewife meaſure moft moſt muſt neceffary nitrous air obferved occafion paffed perfon phlogiſticated plants plough poffible prefent produced publiſhed purpoſe quantity raiſed reafon ſeveral ſmall ſome ſpace ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tube turnip ufed uſed veffel vegetable weft whofe