The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... surface with a sharp knife . Under the unfrequent condition of a warın day with the sun shining , a pleasant aromatic odour may be perceived where the plants abound , and a pale yellow astringent gum exudes from the surface , which is ...
... surface with a sharp knife . Under the unfrequent condition of a warın day with the sun shining , a pleasant aromatic odour may be perceived where the plants abound , and a pale yellow astringent gum exudes from the surface , which is ...
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... surface being occupied by the Upper and Lower Loughs Erne , which stretch for 45 miles from S. E. to N.W. These lakes are formed by the expan- sion of the river Erne , which enters the county from Cavan at Wattle Bridge , and spreads ...
... surface being occupied by the Upper and Lower Loughs Erne , which stretch for 45 miles from S. E. to N.W. These lakes are formed by the expan- sion of the river Erne , which enters the county from Cavan at Wattle Bridge , and spreads ...
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... surface of the fermenting liquid which hands the oxygen to the alcohol , and it does so only when it consists of living specimens of a certain species of mould - plant which he calls Mycoderma aceti . Other moulds or dead Mycoderma av ...
... surface of the fermenting liquid which hands the oxygen to the alcohol , and it does so only when it consists of living specimens of a certain species of mould - plant which he calls Mycoderma aceti . Other moulds or dead Mycoderma av ...
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... surface of the ground by root hairs in ferns and horse tails , in adder's tongues and club mosses it is tuberous and subterranean , while in Rhizocarpece and Selaginella it always remains more or less included within the cavity of the ...
... surface of the ground by root hairs in ferns and horse tails , in adder's tongues and club mosses it is tuberous and subterranean , while in Rhizocarpece and Selaginella it always remains more or less included within the cavity of the ...
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... surface with a layer which would be imper- vious to air were it not interrupted by spaces filled with soft ... surfaces , especially in young fronds . There is no definite correlation in the character of these palea with other points of ...
... surface with a layer which would be imper- vious to air were it not interrupted by spaces filled with soft ... surfaces , especially in young fronds . There is no definite correlation in the character of these palea with other points of ...
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