Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 5. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
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... flowers , which are of a pale blue colour , and are fucceeded by feeds fhaped like those of the common forts . The ends of the fmaller branches are termina- ted by ftar - like fpines which are very sharp . 3. The endivia , or fuccory ...
... flowers , which are of a pale blue colour , and are fucceeded by feeds fhaped like those of the common forts . The ends of the fmaller branches are termina- ted by ftar - like fpines which are very sharp . 3. The endivia , or fuccory ...
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... flowers with a red villous feed , the feed- veffel in form of a horn . This whole plant fo resembles the actea racemofa , that it is difficult to diftinguish them when not in flower ; but in the fructification it greately differs from ...
... flowers with a red villous feed , the feed- veffel in form of a horn . This whole plant fo resembles the actea racemofa , that it is difficult to diftinguish them when not in flower ; but in the fructification it greately differs from ...
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... flowers , and poffeffed of no remarkable property . tans . thefe parts ) , their good humour and lively freedom in Circaffia . converfation , altogether render them very attracting : notwithstanding which they have the reputation of be ...
... flowers , and poffeffed of no remarkable property . tans . thefe parts ) , their good humour and lively freedom in Circaffia . converfation , altogether render them very attracting : notwithstanding which they have the reputation of be ...
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... flower - de - luce of the chart towards you ; then direct your fights to E , and obferve what degrees are cut by the fouth end of the needle , which let be 296 ; then , turning the inftrument about , direct your fights to G , noting ...
... flower - de - luce of the chart towards you ; then direct your fights to E , and obferve what degrees are cut by the fouth end of the needle , which let be 296 ; then , turning the inftrument about , direct your fights to G , noting ...
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... flower ; and fometimes , as in Cirrus winged pea , pifum ochrus , they are emitted from the leaves themselves . With ... flowers have twining clafpers , that is , which wind to the right and back again . CIRENZA , a city of Naples ...
... flower ; and fometimes , as in Cirrus winged pea , pifum ochrus , they are emitted from the leaves themselves . With ... flowers have twining clafpers , that is , which wind to the right and back again . CIRENZA , a city of Naples ...
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acid affiftance againſt alfo alſo ancient animals becauſe befides body cafe called calyx caufe Cicero Cimbri circumftances coaft coal cold colour common confequence confiderable confifts court defign degree difcovered diftinguished drupeds Eaft emperor faid falt fame fays fecond feems fenfe fent feparate ferve feven feveral fhall fhip fhort fhould fhow fide fince firft fituation fize flowers fmall fnow folid fome fometimes foon fpecies fpirit fquare ftand ftate ftill ftone ftrata ftrong fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fupply fuppofed fupport furface himſelf houfe houſe hyperbola increaſe India itſelf kind king laft leaft lefs likewife Magnentius manner meaſure moft moſt muft natural neceffary obferved occafion paffed perfon prefent purpoſe quadrupeds quantity raiſed reafon refpect reft rife Roman Ruffia ſmall thefe themſelves thermometer theſe thofe thoracic duct thoſe tion trade ufually uſed veffels weft wheel whofe