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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... height of eight or ten feet . Its leaflets have the taste of liquorice , whence it is called , in the West Indies , Jamaica wild liquorice , and used for the same purpose . There are two varieties , one with a white , and the other with ...
... height of eight or ten feet . Its leaflets have the taste of liquorice , whence it is called , in the West Indies , Jamaica wild liquorice , and used for the same purpose . There are two varieties , one with a white , and the other with ...
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... height of thirty or forty feet , with leaves a foot long , and three inches broad in the mid- dle , cream - coloured flowers , and large oval fruit , containing a thick , luscious pulp , called natural marmelade . This trec is planted ...
... height of thirty or forty feet , with leaves a foot long , and three inches broad in the mid- dle , cream - coloured flowers , and large oval fruit , containing a thick , luscious pulp , called natural marmelade . This trec is planted ...
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... height of eight or nine feet . ACIPENSER , a genus of fishes of the order Cartilagenei : the characters are , that the head is obtuse , the mouth is un- der the head , retractile , and without teeth ; that the four cerri are below the ...
... height of eight or nine feet . ACIPENSER , a genus of fishes of the order Cartilagenei : the characters are , that the head is obtuse , the mouth is un- der the head , retractile , and without teeth ; that the four cerri are below the ...
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... height of seven or eight feet , and bears fruit twice a year : the berries , when ripe , are of a purplish black colour : and A. rubra , with red flowers : but the berries , when ripe , are of an orange colour , and of an acid taste ...
... height of seven or eight feet , and bears fruit twice a year : the berries , when ripe , are of a purplish black colour : and A. rubra , with red flowers : but the berries , when ripe , are of an orange colour , and of an acid taste ...
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... height , in which the surrounding air will be of the same specific gravity with itself . In this situation it will either float , or be driven in the direction of the wind or cur- rent of air , to which it is exposed . An air- balloon ...
... height , in which the surrounding air will be of the same specific gravity with itself . In this situation it will either float , or be driven in the direction of the wind or cur- rent of air , to which it is exposed . An air- balloon ...
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