Recreations in Agriculture, Natural-history, Arts, and Miscellaneous Literature, 2. köideT. Bensley and sold by J. Wallis, 1800 |
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... quantity of meal when thoroughly ripened ; it is moderately early , that is to say , it is not so late as some kinds , nor so early as others ; it affords a long straw , moderately strong , and will yield a tolerable crop upon land of a ...
... quantity of meal when thoroughly ripened ; it is moderately early , that is to say , it is not so late as some kinds , nor so early as others ; it affords a long straw , moderately strong , and will yield a tolerable crop upon land of a ...
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... quantity of seed of this sort may be safely sown than , durst be ventured of the other . The ear is short when compared with all other kinds of oat that I have seen , and the foot- stalks are stiff , and stand out from the stalks nearly ...
... quantity of seed of this sort may be safely sown than , durst be ventured of the other . The ear is short when compared with all other kinds of oat that I have seen , and the foot- stalks are stiff , and stand out from the stalks nearly ...
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... quantity of short , fine , soft wool , which , when separated from the hair , may be wrought up in manufactures of a very fine quality . Of the sheep of this variety I have heard of no specimens in Eu- rope . The third distinct variety ...
... quantity of short , fine , soft wool , which , when separated from the hair , may be wrought up in manufactures of a very fine quality . Of the sheep of this variety I have heard of no specimens in Eu- rope . The third distinct variety ...
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... quantity of fine wool intermixed with the hair . Had this been mentioned to the owner , he would have been ready to make oath , if required , that such sheep never did carry one particle of wool in Jamaica ; of course it would have been ...
... quantity of fine wool intermixed with the hair . Had this been mentioned to the owner , he would have been ready to make oath , if required , that such sheep never did carry one particle of wool in Jamaica ; of course it would have been ...
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... quantity , which not only proves it to be a body pofsefsed of fire as other bodies , which can be easily prefsed out of it , but also that it is highly elas- tic , and can be made more and more dense , accord- ing to the compressive ...
... quantity , which not only proves it to be a body pofsefsed of fire as other bodies , which can be easily prefsed out of it , but also that it is highly elas- tic , and can be made more and more dense , accord- ing to the compressive ...
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Page 352 - ... and how in another instant, by a change in that volition, all these muscles are thrown into a different state, and a new set brought into action, and so on continually as long as he pleases, his mind is lost in the immensity of wonder that this excites. But when he farther reflects, that it is not only he himself that is endowed with the faculty of calling forth these incomprehensible energies, but that the most insignificant insect is vested with powers of a similar sort, he is still more confounded....
Page 79 - Still there are who raptured view Scenes which youthful hopes endear Where they science learn to woo ; Still they love to wander here. Peace they meet in every grove ; Lives again the rapturous song 5 Sweetly sportive still they rove, Cam ! thy sedgey banks along.
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Page 352 - ... sort, he is still more confounded. A skilful naturalist has been able to perceive, that in the body of the poorest caterpillar, which, in the common opinion is one of the most degraded existences on this globe, there are upwards of two thousand muscles, all of which can be brought into action with as much facility at the will of that insect, and perform their several offices with as much accuracy, promptitude, and precision, as in the most perfect animal ; and all this is done by that insect...
Page 122 - Yet, according to the account of Don Ulloa, these three discordant climates seldom encroach much on each other's territories. The hot winds below, if they ascend, become cooled by their expansion ; and hence they cannot affect the snow upon the summit ; and the cold winds, that sweep the summit, become condensed as they descend, and of temperate warmth before they reach the fertile plains of Quito.
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