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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... usually distinguish- ed in commerce ; the Spanish , red , and common emery . The first sort is found in the gold mines of Peru , and , being judged a k nd of marcasite of that rich metal , is prohibited to be exported . The red emery is ...
... usually distinguish- ed in commerce ; the Spanish , red , and common emery . The first sort is found in the gold mines of Peru , and , being judged a k nd of marcasite of that rich metal , is prohibited to be exported . The red emery is ...
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... usually so- litary , incurved with a beak of the same length . EMULSION , a milky looking fluid , caused by an imperfect combination of oil with water , by means of mucilage , gluten , & c . All oily farinaceous seeds , as nuts ...
... usually so- litary , incurved with a beak of the same length . EMULSION , a milky looking fluid , caused by an imperfect combination of oil with water , by means of mucilage , gluten , & c . All oily farinaceous seeds , as nuts ...
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... usually employed for hard porcelain , one only is susceptible of change , namely , the carmine and this may be replaced by the reds of iron , and then no colour changes . : M. Brougniart presented to the Insti- tute an unbaked head made ...
... usually employed for hard porcelain , one only is susceptible of change , namely , the carmine and this may be replaced by the reds of iron , and then no colour changes . : M. Brougniart presented to the Insti- tute an unbaked head made ...
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... usually known by the name of eruca , but Linnæus has changed it to that of LARVA , which see ; considering it as a sort of masked form , or disguise , of the insect in its complete state . The larvæ of insects differ very much from each ...
... usually known by the name of eruca , but Linnæus has changed it to that of LARVA , which see ; considering it as a sort of masked form , or disguise , of the insect in its complete state . The larvæ of insects differ very much from each ...
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... usually obtuse at its termination , and placed under the head between the palpi of the butterflies and moths . Proboscis , trunk , soft , retractile , inar- ticulate , labiated at the extremity , and is peculiar to the flies ; the ...
... usually obtuse at its termination , and placed under the head between the palpi of the butterflies and moths . Proboscis , trunk , soft , retractile , inar- ticulate , labiated at the extremity , and is peculiar to the flies ; the ...
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