British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 |
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... appear in vast flocks , and are considered as the harbingers of a severe winter . They are known in Scotland by the name of snow flake . E. hortulana , the ortolan , is somewhat less than the yellow - hammer , is common in France and ...
... appear in vast flocks , and are considered as the harbingers of a severe winter . They are known in Scotland by the name of snow flake . E. hortulana , the ortolan , is somewhat less than the yellow - hammer , is common in France and ...
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... appear fre- quently in vast flocks , especially in the winter , during which they are caught in nets , or shot in vast numbers , and sold to many under the successful pretence of their being a species of larks . They are stationary in ...
... appear fre- quently in vast flocks , especially in the winter , during which they are caught in nets , or shot in vast numbers , and sold to many under the successful pretence of their being a species of larks . They are stationary in ...
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... appears on both sides of the stuff . 5. Plain embroidery , where the fi- gures are flat and even , without cords , spangles , or other ornaments . EMBROIDERY , no foreign embroidery , on gold or silver brocade , is permitted to be ...
... appears on both sides of the stuff . 5. Plain embroidery , where the fi- gures are flat and even , without cords , spangles , or other ornaments . EMBROIDERY , no foreign embroidery , on gold or silver brocade , is permitted to be ...
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... appear or emerge out of his rays . EMERSON ( WILLIAM ) , in biography , a late eminent mathematician , was born in June , 1701 , at Hurworth , a village about three miles south of Darlington , on the borders of the county of Durham ; at ...
... appear or emerge out of his rays . EMERSON ( WILLIAM ) , in biography , a late eminent mathematician , was born in June , 1701 , at Hurworth , a village about three miles south of Darlington , on the borders of the county of Durham ; at ...
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... appears more proper to receive it , on account of the violent fire it can ' support . Brougniart observed one fact respect- ing the oxide of cobalt , which is , perhaps , not known to every chemist . It is vola . tile in a violent heat ...
... appears more proper to receive it , on account of the violent fire it can ' support . Brougniart observed one fact respect- ing the oxide of cobalt , which is , perhaps , not known to every chemist . It is vola . tile in a violent heat ...
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