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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... four eggs at a time . This order corresponds to that of Feræ , and comprehends four generas , viz . VUL- TUR , FALCO , STRIX , and LANIUS , which see . ACCOMPANIMENT , in heraldry , de- notes any thing added to a shield by way of ...
... four eggs at a time . This order corresponds to that of Feræ , and comprehends four generas , viz . VUL- TUR , FALCO , STRIX , and LANIUS , which see . ACCOMPANIMENT , in heraldry , de- notes any thing added to a shield by way of ...
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... four species , viz . The mammosa , or mamme sapota , otherwise called nippled S. or American marme- lade ; growing in America to the height of thirty or forty feet , with leaves a foot long , and three inches broad in the mid- dle ...
... four species , viz . The mammosa , or mamme sapota , otherwise called nippled S. or American marme- lade ; growing in America to the height of thirty or forty feet , with leaves a foot long , and three inches broad in the mid- dle ...
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... four condemned cri- minals , two at Rome , in 1524 , and two at Prague , in 1561 , two of whom soon died , and the other two , with great difficulty , were recovered . The juice applied to the wound of a finger , not only produced pain ...
... four condemned cri- minals , two at Rome , in 1524 , and two at Prague , in 1561 , two of whom soon died , and the other two , with great difficulty , were recovered . The juice applied to the wound of a finger , not only produced pain ...
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... four - leaved ; leaflets roundish , obtuse , concave , caducous ; cor . petals four , acu- minate at both ends , larger than the ca- lyx ; filaments about 30 ; germ superi- or ovate ; no style ; stigma thickish , ob- liquely depressed ...
... four - leaved ; leaflets roundish , obtuse , concave , caducous ; cor . petals four , acu- minate at both ends , larger than the ca- lyx ; filaments about 30 ; germ superi- or ovate ; no style ; stigma thickish , ob- liquely depressed ...
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... four fundamental rules of that art , whereby we find a sum equal to several smaller ones . See ALGEBRA and ARITH- METIC . ADDITIONS , in law , denote all manner of designations given to a man , over and above his proper name and surname ...
... four fundamental rules of that art , whereby we find a sum equal to several smaller ones . See ALGEBRA and ARITH- METIC . ADDITIONS , in law , denote all manner of designations given to a man , over and above his proper name and surname ...
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