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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... this species of acanthus accidentallygrow- ing round a basket covered with a tile , gave occasion to Callimachus to invent the Corinthian capital in architecture . 2 : The thistle - leaved acanthus was found by Sparrman at the ACA ACA.
... this species of acanthus accidentallygrow- ing round a basket covered with a tile , gave occasion to Callimachus to invent the Corinthian capital in architecture . 2 : The thistle - leaved acanthus was found by Sparrman at the ACA ACA.
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... covered with hairs or bristles , which resemble in their struc- ture the awns of barley , being barbed on each side with numerous sharp - pointed processes . The mite is oviparous : from the eggs proceed the young animals , re- sembling ...
... covered with hairs or bristles , which resemble in their struc- ture the awns of barley , being barbed on each side with numerous sharp - pointed processes . The mite is oviparous : from the eggs proceed the young animals , re- sembling ...
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... covered with very minute , rough and warted scales , differing in size alone from those on the other part of the animal . The dubius measures only about three feet in length . A specimen is to be seen in the British Museum . Its native ...
... covered with very minute , rough and warted scales , differing in size alone from those on the other part of the animal . The dubius measures only about three feet in length . A specimen is to be seen in the British Museum . Its native ...
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... covered with a sort of wool . See TOMENTUM . ACUMINATE , in natural history , a term applied to fishes whose tails end in a sharp point . AD , a Latin preposition , expressing the relation of one thing to another . It is frequently ...
... covered with a sort of wool . See TOMENTUM . ACUMINATE , in natural history , a term applied to fishes whose tails end in a sharp point . AD , a Latin preposition , expressing the relation of one thing to another . It is frequently ...
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... covering of soil , not more than a foot thick : each pit contained from 1200 to 1500 bodies , and may be considered ... covered them adhered firmly ; and upon being removed , present- ed to view only irregular masses of a soft , ductile ...
... covering of soil , not more than a foot thick : each pit contained from 1200 to 1500 bodies , and may be considered ... covered them adhered firmly ; and upon being removed , present- ed to view only irregular masses of a soft , ductile ...
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