The Encyclopedia Americana: A Universal Reference Library Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc., of the World, Volume 3Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines Scientific American Compiling Department, 1903 |
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... produced instan- taneous death in animals inoculated with it . The poisoned arrows used in Guiana are not shot from a bow , but blown through a tube . See AIR - GUN ; also ARCHERY . In music it is the well - known implement by the means ...
... produced instan- taneous death in animals inoculated with it . The poisoned arrows used in Guiana are not shot from a bow , but blown through a tube . See AIR - GUN ; also ARCHERY . In music it is the well - known implement by the means ...
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... produced by burning the fronds has been em- ployed in making soap . Other species are met with in various parts of the world . In verse the word is often loosely employed to indicate ferns in general . Brack'enbury , Charles Booth ...
... produced by burning the fronds has been em- ployed in making soap . Other species are met with in various parts of the world . In verse the word is often loosely employed to indicate ferns in general . Brack'enbury , Charles Booth ...
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... produced but very few works —a string quartet , a scherzo in E flat , and a few songs , among them the dramatic Liebestreue . ' His eminent gifts were now generally recog- nized , and after giving a concert in Leipsic , two music ...
... produced but very few works —a string quartet , a scherzo in E flat , and a few songs , among them the dramatic Liebestreue . ' His eminent gifts were now generally recog- nized , and after giving a concert in Leipsic , two music ...
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... produced a great change among the savages , and to have baptized 78 , of whom 38 were adults . Having worn out his ... produce . Lumber and furs are also exported . Here are situated the extensive shops of the Northern P. R.R. There are ...
... produced a great change among the savages , and to have baptized 78 , of whom 38 were adults . Having worn out his ... produce . Lumber and furs are also exported . Here are situated the extensive shops of the Northern P. R.R. There are ...
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... produced from a lateral leaf bud on the primary axis or stem . It is looked upon as part of the stem , and not as a distinct organ . A branch generally produces secondary branches , and these give rise to minor ramifications , called ...
... produced from a lateral leaf bud on the primary axis or stem . It is looked upon as part of the stem , and not as a distinct organ . A branch generally produces secondary branches , and these give rise to minor ramifications , called ...
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