Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 5. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
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... Species . 1. The intybus , or wild fuccory , grows fupply of the largest and forwardeft plants , once eve- naturally by the fides of roads , and in fhady lanes , in ry ten or twelve days according to the demand ; for many places of ...
... Species . 1. The intybus , or wild fuccory , grows fupply of the largest and forwardeft plants , once eve- naturally by the fides of roads , and in fhady lanes , in ry ten or twelve days according to the demand ; for many places of ...
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... species . In their perfect ftate , the female , fecundated , lays a great number of eggs , which are often found upon plants , placed one by the fide of another ; many of which , viewed through a glass , prefent fingular va rieties of ...
... species . In their perfect ftate , the female , fecundated , lays a great number of eggs , which are often found upon plants , placed one by the fide of another ; many of which , viewed through a glass , prefent fingular va rieties of ...
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... species of the fishes on which they are found . CIRTA , ( anc . geog . ) the metropolis and royal refidence , not far from the river Ampfaga , in the in- land parts of Numidia Propria . A colony , furnamed Colonia Sittianorum , very ...
... species of the fishes on which they are found . CIRTA , ( anc . geog . ) the metropolis and royal refidence , not far from the river Ampfaga , in the in- land parts of Numidia Propria . A colony , furnamed Colonia Sittianorum , very ...
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... species of sprig cryftal , which is of a beautiful- yellow . Many of the common cryftals , when in the neighbourhood of lead mines , are liable to be acci- dentally tinged yellow , by an admixture of the par- ticles of that metal ; and ...
... species of sprig cryftal , which is of a beautiful- yellow . Many of the common cryftals , when in the neighbourhood of lead mines , are liable to be acci- dentally tinged yellow , by an admixture of the par- ticles of that metal ; and ...
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... Species I. The Medica , or Citron - tree , hath an up- right fmooth trunk , divided at top into a branchy ftrong - fhooting , full head , from about 5 to 15 feet high , adorned with large oval , fpear - fhaped , thick leaves , having ...
... Species I. The Medica , or Citron - tree , hath an up- right fmooth trunk , divided at top into a branchy ftrong - fhooting , full head , from about 5 to 15 feet high , adorned with large oval , fpear - fhaped , thick leaves , having ...
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