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 15Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 - Aeronautics |
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... plants . The anthera , is operculated ; the calyptra smooth , the female capitulum naked and powdery , re- mote . There are numerous species , of which several are natives of Britain ; but none have any remarkable property except the ...
... plants . The anthera , is operculated ; the calyptra smooth , the female capitulum naked and powdery , re- mote . There are numerous species , of which several are natives of Britain ; but none have any remarkable property except the ...
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... plants to dispose of . Spectator . You have the models of several ancient temples , though the temples and the gods are perished . Addison . The government is modelled after the same manner with that of the Cantons , as much as so small ...
... plants to dispose of . Spectator . You have the models of several ancient temples , though the temples and the gods are perished . Addison . The government is modelled after the same manner with that of the Cantons , as much as so small ...
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... plants as require much moisture upon sandy , dry grounds . Id . Natural History . Pleasure both kinds take in the moistness and den- sity of the air . While dryness moisture , coldness heat resists , All that we have , and that we are ...
... plants as require much moisture upon sandy , dry grounds . Id . Natural History . Pleasure both kinds take in the moistness and den- sity of the air . While dryness moisture , coldness heat resists , All that we have , and that we are ...
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... plants . MOLLUGO , African chickweed , a genus of the trigynia order , and triandria class of plants ; natural order twenty - second , caryophylleæ : CAL . pentaphyllous : COR . none : CAPS . trilocular and trivalved . Its characters ...
... plants . MOLLUGO , African chickweed , a genus of the trigynia order , and triandria class of plants ; natural order twenty - second , caryophylleæ : CAL . pentaphyllous : COR . none : CAPS . trilocular and trivalved . Its characters ...
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... plant . See below . Sweet is the nut , but bitter is his pill ; Sweet is the bloomflower , but yet sour enough ; And sweet his moly , but his root is ill ; To every sweet with sour is tempered still , That maketh it be coveted the more ...
... plant . See below . Sweet is the nut , but bitter is his pill ; Sweet is the bloomflower , but yet sour enough ; And sweet his moly , but his root is ill ; To every sweet with sour is tempered still , That maketh it be coveted the more ...
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