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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... Plate IV . Entomology , fig . 2 ) . This in- sect is about an inch in length , very like a phalena ; the upper wings are grey , marked by various darker and lighter streaks and specks , and the under wings yellowish brown , and semi ...
... Plate IV . Entomology , fig . 2 ) . This in- sect is about an inch in length , very like a phalena ; the upper wings are grey , marked by various darker and lighter streaks and specks , and the under wings yellowish brown , and semi ...
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... plate , and the wheels and springs within the machine actuating its muscles , shew what is next to be ex- pected from the striking part . But if , by repeated acts , or the frequent entertain- ing of a favourite passion or vice , the ...
... plate , and the wheels and springs within the machine actuating its muscles , shew what is next to be ex- pected from the striking part . But if , by repeated acts , or the frequent entertain- ing of a favourite passion or vice , the ...
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... Plate XII , fig . 3 . Ten species of this interesting genus have been enumerated as inhabitants of the United States , of which the P. principalis , or Ivory - billed Wood- pecker , is the largest of the whole tribe hitherto discovered ...
... Plate XII , fig . 3 . Ten species of this interesting genus have been enumerated as inhabitants of the United States , of which the P. principalis , or Ivory - billed Wood- pecker , is the largest of the whole tribe hitherto discovered ...
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... Plate Pipe - boring , ) is a plan of the machine ; and Fig . 2 , an elevation of it . The piece of timber intended to form the pipe is placed upon a frame , a , a , a , a , and held down upon it firmly by chains going over it , and ...
... Plate Pipe - boring , ) is a plan of the machine ; and Fig . 2 , an elevation of it . The piece of timber intended to form the pipe is placed upon a frame , a , a , a , a , and held down upon it firmly by chains going over it , and ...
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... Plate Planetarium , is an eleva- tion of the mechanism of a planetarium ; and fig . 2 , a plan of the same . A , ( fig . 1. ) is a bail of brass representing the sun , supported by a wire screwed to a bridge , b , fixed beneath the ...
... Plate Planetarium , is an eleva- tion of the mechanism of a planetarium ; and fig . 2 , a plan of the same . A , ( fig . 1. ) is a bail of brass representing the sun , supported by a wire screwed to a bridge , b , fixed beneath the ...
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