American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Arts |
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... applied to denote numbers , though un- doubtedly they are only general signs . ABUCCO , ABOCCO , or ABOCCHI , a weight used in the kingdom of Pegu . ABUNDANT numbers , those whose parts added together make more than the whole number ...
... applied to denote numbers , though un- doubtedly they are only general signs . ABUCCO , ABOCCO , or ABOCCHI , a weight used in the kingdom of Pegu . ABUNDANT numbers , those whose parts added together make more than the whole number ...
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... applied among us . In fo- reign countries the cow - parsnip is said to be substituted for it , though it possesses very different properties . The leaves of this species of acanthus accidentallygrow- ing round a basket covered with a ...
... applied among us . In fo- reign countries the cow - parsnip is said to be substituted for it , though it possesses very different properties . The leaves of this species of acanthus accidentallygrow- ing round a basket covered with a ...
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... applied only to bodies distinguished by that taste ; but it now comprehends under it all substan- ces possessed of the following properties . Acids , when applied to the tongue , excite the sensation of sour ; they change the blue ...
... applied only to bodies distinguished by that taste ; but it now comprehends under it all substan- ces possessed of the following properties . Acids , when applied to the tongue , excite the sensation of sour ; they change the blue ...
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... applied to the wound of a finger , not only produced pain in the arm and hand , but cardialgia , anxi- ety , sense of suffocation , syncope , & c . and the wounded part sphacelated before it came to suppuration . Dodonæus says that five ...
... applied to the wound of a finger , not only produced pain in the arm and hand , but cardialgia , anxi- ety , sense of suffocation , syncope , & c . and the wounded part sphacelated before it came to suppuration . Dodonæus says that five ...
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... applied to the opposite end of the stick or of a piece of timber , be it ever so long , the beating of the watch ... applying their teeth to some part of an harpsichord , or other sounding body , hear the sound much better than other ...
... applied to the opposite end of the stick or of a piece of timber , be it ever so long , the beating of the watch ... applying their teeth to some part of an harpsichord , or other sounding body , hear the sound much better than other ...
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