British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, 10. köideMitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 |
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... equal darkness ; or by observing when two equal objects ap- peared to be equally illuminated each by one of the luminous objects : for then , by a well known and established law , the pro- portion of the intensities of their light was ...
... equal darkness ; or by observing when two equal objects ap- peared to be equally illuminated each by one of the luminous objects : for then , by a well known and established law , the pro- portion of the intensities of their light was ...
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... equal , growing to the long channelled tube of the nectary ; nectary tube filiform ; border four - parted ; capsule three celled ; nuts three . There is but one species , viz . P. capitatum , which is a native of Malabar , China , and ...
... equal , growing to the long channelled tube of the nectary ; nectary tube filiform ; border four - parted ; capsule three celled ; nuts three . There is but one species , viz . P. capitatum , which is a native of Malabar , China , and ...
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... equal the length of the forehead ; at the top should be a gentle indenting ; viewed in front , the back should be broad , and nearly parallel , yet above the centre something broader ; the bottom , or end of the nose , must be nei- ther ...
... equal the length of the forehead ; at the top should be a gentle indenting ; viewed in front , the back should be broad , and nearly parallel , yet above the centre something broader ; the bottom , or end of the nose , must be nei- ther ...
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... equal to its velocity in the small arteries ; this increases in the larger trunks ; and there is a constant ac- celeration in the blood's course until it arrives at the heart . This fluid is passing through tubes which constantly ...
... equal to its velocity in the small arteries ; this increases in the larger trunks ; and there is a constant ac- celeration in the blood's course until it arrives at the heart . This fluid is passing through tubes which constantly ...
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... equal that of the skin ; it should be distinguished from the mu- cus secreted on the interior surface of the bronchiæ and trachea , which is thrown off by strong expirations , and forms the matter of expectoration . Animal heat . The ...
... equal that of the skin ; it should be distinguished from the mu- cus secreted on the interior surface of the bronchiæ and trachea , which is thrown off by strong expirations , and forms the matter of expectoration . Animal heat . The ...
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