British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Том 4Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 |
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... considerably inclined when the animal crawls , but none , we believe , are known which open the valves upwards , and proceed with the beaks under the body . The beaks , if only for this reason , are to be considered as the summit , and ...
... considerably inclined when the animal crawls , but none , we believe , are known which open the valves upwards , and proceed with the beaks under the body . The beaks , if only for this reason , are to be considered as the summit , and ...
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... considerable modifications are ven- tured to be made in this article . We think it proper to state , in addi- tion to the above remarks , which were annexed to the descriptions in the first and second American editions of this work ...
... considerable modifications are ven- tured to be made in this article . We think it proper to state , in addi- tion to the above remarks , which were annexed to the descriptions in the first and second American editions of this work ...
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... considerable resemblance to the orna- ment often placed upon pannels in gothic architecture . It is found under the ... considerably resembles Helix nitens of Europe , particularly in being whitish beneath , and will be properly arranged ...
... considerable resemblance to the orna- ment often placed upon pannels in gothic architecture . It is found under the ... considerably resembles Helix nitens of Europe , particularly in being whitish beneath , and will be properly arranged ...
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... considerably above the surface of the pe- nultimate whorl , so as to be equally pro- minent with the outer lip , with which it forms an uninterrupted continuation , and by the concavities beneath the lips , form- ed by the protrusion of ...
... considerably above the surface of the pe- nultimate whorl , so as to be equally pro- minent with the outer lip , with which it forms an uninterrupted continuation , and by the concavities beneath the lips , form- ed by the protrusion of ...
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... considerable portion of the body whorl , within bluish white ; lip a lit- tle thickened , internally , and of a red or brownish colour , vaulted above ; umbili- cus large , exhibiting the volutions . Length one - fourth of an inch ...
... considerable portion of the body whorl , within bluish white ; lip a lit- tle thickened , internally , and of a red or brownish colour , vaulted above ; umbili- cus large , exhibiting the volutions . Length one - fourth of an inch ...
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Страница 28 - All these things being considered, it seems probable to me that God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties and in such proportion to space as most conduced to the end for which he formed them; and that these primitive particles being solids are incomparably harder than any porous bodies compounded of them, even so very hard as never to wear or break in pieces, no ordinary power being able to...
Страница 28 - And therefore, that nature may be lasting, the changes of corporeal things are to be placed only in the various separations and new associations and motions of these permanent particles; compound bodies being apt to break not in the midst of solid particles, but where those particles are laid together and only touch in a few points.
Страница 28 - ... the nature of things depending on them would be changed. Water and earth composed of old worn particles and fragments of particles, would not be of the same nature and texture now with water and earth composed of entire particles in the beginning. And therefore that nature may be lasting, the changes of corporeal things are to be placed only in the various separations and new associations and motions of these permanent particles...
Страница 28 - End for which he form'd them; and that these primitive Particles being Solids, are incomparably harder than any porous Bodies compounded of them; even so very hard, as never to wear or break in pieces...
Страница 14 - The solidity of a cylinder is equal to the area of its base multiplied by its altitude.
Страница 28 - ... even so very hard as never to wear or break in pieces ; no ordinary power being able to divide what God himself made one, in the first creation. While the particles continue entire, they may compose bodies of one and the same nature and texture in all ages ; but should they wear away or break in pieces, the nature of things depending on them would be changed.