Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 5. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
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... feet , and branching out into fmaller ones . The flowers come out from the fides of the ftalks , and are of a fine blue colour . They are fucceeded by oblong feeds covered , inclofed in a down . 2. The fpinofum , with a prickly forked ...
... feet , and branching out into fmaller ones . The flowers come out from the fides of the ftalks , and are of a fine blue colour . They are fucceeded by oblong feeds covered , inclofed in a down . 2. The fpinofum , with a prickly forked ...
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... feet of their oxen , in order admire with that respect and veneration which we to ftrangle themselves that way ; and ... feet are formed for running . This genus is divided into different fections , as fol- lowe : 1. Thofe without wings ...
... feet of their oxen , in order admire with that respect and veneration which we to ftrangle themselves that way ; and ... feet are formed for running . This genus is divided into different fections , as fol- lowe : 1. Thofe without wings ...
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... feet . The former particu- larly abounds in the hilly parts of Quito , growing pro- mifcuofly in the forefts , and is fpontaneously propo- gated from its feed . Both forts have also been found in the province of Santa Fe . The bark has ...
... feet . The former particu- larly abounds in the hilly parts of Quito , growing pro- mifcuofly in the forefts , and is fpontaneously propo- gated from its feed . Both forts have also been found in the province of Santa Fe . The bark has ...
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... feet dia- meter and formed only of twelve ftones , whilft others , fuch as Stonehenge and Abury , contained , the firft one hundred and forty , the fecond fix hundred and fifty two , and occupied many acres of ground . All thefe ...
... feet dia- meter and formed only of twelve ftones , whilft others , fuch as Stonehenge and Abury , contained , the firft one hundred and forty , the fecond fix hundred and fifty two , and occupied many acres of ground . All thefe ...
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... feet in a minute : but this velocity is continually abated in the progrefs of the blood , in the numerous fections or branches of the arteries ; fo that before it arrive at the extremities of the body , its motion is greatly di ...
... feet in a minute : but this velocity is continually abated in the progrefs of the blood , in the numerous fections or branches of the arteries ; fo that before it arrive at the extremities of the body , its motion is greatly di ...
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