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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... bones were enveloped in this , and were found to be very brittle . The bo- dies , thus changed , being but little offen- sive to the smell , a great number were dug up and minutely examined : in some this alteration had , as yet , only ...
... bones were enveloped in this , and were found to be very brittle . The bo- dies , thus changed , being but little offen- sive to the smell , a great number were dug up and minutely examined : in some this alteration had , as yet , only ...
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... bones , straw , fern , and even turf , laid in like a wedge , are all used in different situations ; and drains constructed of these materials , thirty years ago , are found in several places effectually to answer their purpose still ...
... bones , straw , fern , and even turf , laid in like a wedge , are all used in different situations ; and drains constructed of these materials , thirty years ago , are found in several places effectually to answer their purpose still ...
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... bone , to the depth of about four inches . A flexible tube has also been frequently passed through the mouth into the gullet , by which the air , which causes this disease , is easily discharged . The practice of stall - feeding , or ...
... bone , to the depth of about four inches . A flexible tube has also been frequently passed through the mouth into the gullet , by which the air , which causes this disease , is easily discharged . The practice of stall - feeding , or ...
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... bones , & c . which it has incrusted . The clay and sand often contain petrified wood , and skeletons of quadrupeds . ALLUVION , among civilians , denotes the gradual increase of land along the sea - shore , or on the banks of rivers ...
... bones , & c . which it has incrusted . The clay and sand often contain petrified wood , and skeletons of quadrupeds . ALLUVION , among civilians , denotes the gradual increase of land along the sea - shore , or on the banks of rivers ...
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... bones of the Amphibia , except in a very few instances , are of a more cartilaginous nature than in either the Mammalia or Birds : many spe- cies are destitute of ribs , while others have those parts very numerous : some are furnished ...
... bones of the Amphibia , except in a very few instances , are of a more cartilaginous nature than in either the Mammalia or Birds : many spe- cies are destitute of ribs , while others have those parts very numerous : some are furnished ...
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