Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Том 7John Brown, 1816 |
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... colour , with a little fand on the furface , except a bout Calmina , where it is more light and gravel- ly ; but there is not to be found a ftone fo big as an egg in the whole country , fo far as it has been visited by Europeans . Of ...
... colour , with a little fand on the furface , except a bout Calmina , where it is more light and gravel- ly ; but there is not to be found a ftone fo big as an egg in the whole country , fo far as it has been visited by Europeans . Of ...
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... colour is blue , fome- thing inclining to green , and very bright . 7. On the explosion of the vapour , a dark fmoke like that proceeding from fired gunpowder is perceived . 8. Damps are generally obferved to come about the latter end ...
... colour is blue , fome- thing inclining to green , and very bright . 7. On the explosion of the vapour , a dark fmoke like that proceeding from fired gunpowder is perceived . 8. Damps are generally obferved to come about the latter end ...
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... colour . Thefe leaves fit close to the branch es , and are produced in fuch plenty , that they have the appearance , at a small diftance , of cluf- ters at the end of the branches . They are fpear fhaped , thining , smooth and thick ...
... colour . Thefe leaves fit close to the branch es , and are produced in fuch plenty , that they have the appearance , at a small diftance , of cluf- ters at the end of the branches . They are fpear fhaped , thining , smooth and thick ...
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... colours , they will appear neither of their own daglight colours , nor of the colour of the light caft on them , but of fome middle colour between both . Newton's Optics . ( 1. ) DAY - LILY . n . f . The fame with As- PHODEL , which fee ...
... colours , they will appear neither of their own daglight colours , nor of the colour of the light caft on them , but of fome middle colour between both . Newton's Optics . ( 1. ) DAY - LILY . n . f . The fame with As- PHODEL , which fee ...
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... colour of the back and fides dufky , the belly whitish : it fwims with great fwiftnefs ; and its prey is fifh . It was formerly reckoned a great delicacy : Dr Caius fays , that one , which was taken in his time , was thought a prefent ...
... colour of the back and fides dufky , the belly whitish : it fwims with great fwiftnefs ; and its prey is fifh . It was formerly reckoned a great delicacy : Dr Caius fays , that one , which was taken in his time , was thought a prefent ...
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