A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volume 19Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 - Aeronautics |
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... turnips , and radishes . Watts . They have so rooted themselves in the opinions of their party , that they cannot hear an objection with patience . Id . Nor were the cole - worts wanting , nor the root , Which after - ages call ...
... turnips , and radishes . Watts . They have so rooted themselves in the opinions of their party , that they cannot hear an objection with patience . Id . Nor were the cole - worts wanting , nor the root , Which after - ages call ...
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... turnips to run to leaves , treading down the leaves will help their rooting . Mortimer . In every root there will be one runner , which hath little buds on it , which may be cut into . Id . The mill goes much heavier , by the stone they ...
... turnips to run to leaves , treading down the leaves will help their rooting . Mortimer . In every root there will be one runner , which hath little buds on it , which may be cut into . Id . The mill goes much heavier , by the stone they ...
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... turnip shed ( ƒ ) ; straw ( g ) ; threshing- machine and water - wheel ( h ) ; granaries and straw - lofts over ( g , l , m ) ; tools and sundries ( i ) ; smith's shop ( j ) , and carpenter ( k ) . 2. Of farm stables . - Stables of all ...
... turnip shed ( ƒ ) ; straw ( g ) ; threshing- machine and water - wheel ( h ) ; granaries and straw - lofts over ( g , l , m ) ; tools and sundries ( i ) ; smith's shop ( j ) , and carpenter ( k ) . 2. Of farm stables . - Stables of all ...
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... turnips are supplied ; but the plan most approved , and now becoming general , is to fix the stakes to which the cattle are tied about two and a half or three feet from the wall , which allows the cattle - man , without going among them ...
... turnips are supplied ; but the plan most approved , and now becoming general , is to fix the stakes to which the cattle are tied about two and a half or three feet from the wall , which allows the cattle - man , without going among them ...
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... turnips , clover , or other matters are refused by the cat- tle . They should have openings outwards , that the pigs may be let out to range round the farmery at convenient times ; and that the poul- try may have ingress and egress from ...
... turnips , clover , or other matters are refused by the cat- tle . They should have openings outwards , that the pigs may be let out to range round the farmery at convenient times ; and that the poul- try may have ingress and egress from ...
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