Encyclopędia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 2, Part 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... leaves . " It is quarried out of the bed in vaft maffes ; is broken into fmall pieces ; and the moft pure part is fold raw , at the rate of about 3. to 6. per ton , or fent to the fmelting - houfes of the refpective companies to be ...
... leaves . " It is quarried out of the bed in vaft maffes ; is broken into fmall pieces ; and the moft pure part is fold raw , at the rate of about 3. to 6. per ton , or fent to the fmelting - houfes of the refpective companies to be ...
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... leaves , fimilar to a fnail ; which on the flightest touch retires within its fhell . A new fpecies of the fenfitive plant hath been lately difcovered . See DIONEA . If a fly perch upon one of its flower - leaves , it clofes inftantly ...
... leaves , fimilar to a fnail ; which on the flightest touch retires within its fhell . A new fpecies of the fenfitive plant hath been lately difcovered . See DIONEA . If a fly perch upon one of its flower - leaves , it clofes inftantly ...
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... leaves of that flower ; while its limbs are not unlike the fhag or inner part of it . By the other extremity it fixes itfelf , as by a fucker , to the rocks or ftones lying in the fand ; but it is not totally deprived of the power of ...
... leaves of that flower ; while its limbs are not unlike the fhag or inner part of it . By the other extremity it fixes itfelf , as by a fucker , to the rocks or ftones lying in the fand ; but it is not totally deprived of the power of ...
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... leaves , than any flower of that kind . " I have attempted to pluck one of these from the rock , to which they are always fixed ; but never could effect it : for as foon as my fingers came within two or three inches of it , it would ...
... leaves , than any flower of that kind . " I have attempted to pluck one of these from the rock , to which they are always fixed ; but never could effect it : for as foon as my fingers came within two or three inches of it , it would ...
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... leaves of duckweed , and other aquatic plants . They may be moft eafily difco- Where dife vered by letting a quantity of water , with duckweed in covered . it , ftand quietly for three or four hours in glafs - veffels in a window , or ...
... leaves of duckweed , and other aquatic plants . They may be moft eafily difco- Where dife vered by letting a quantity of water , with duckweed in covered . it , ftand quietly for three or four hours in glafs - veffels in a window , or ...
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