Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 11. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 503
... animals . Ariftotle , Locke , Dr Reid , and almost every philofopher of eminence both among the ancients and moderns , have maintained , that infe- rior animals have memory as well as men ; and indeed we do not perceive how the fact can ...
... animals . Ariftotle , Locke , Dr Reid , and almost every philofopher of eminence both among the ancients and moderns , have maintained , that infe- rior animals have memory as well as men ; and indeed we do not perceive how the fact can ...
Page 673
... animals which he allows to be common to both countries are , the Mexican hog , the moufete , the opoffum , the armadillo , the techichi , a fmall animal re- fembling a dog ; which being perfectly dumb , gave occafion to a report that ...
... animals which he allows to be common to both countries are , the Mexican hog , the moufete , the opoffum , the armadillo , the techichi , a fmall animal re- fembling a dog ; which being perfectly dumb , gave occafion to a report that ...
Page 732
... animals vifible to the naked eye , which are the eels in queftion . They inay be preserved for a whole year by keeping the patte moistened with water ; and while this is done , the motion of the animals will keep the furface from ...
... animals vifible to the naked eye , which are the eels in queftion . They inay be preserved for a whole year by keeping the patte moistened with water ; and while this is done , the motion of the animals will keep the furface from ...
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