Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 4David Patrick, William Geddie W. & R. Chambers, limited, 1924 |
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... usually divided into Docks and Sorrels , the latter distinguished not only by their peculiarly acid taste , but by hastate leaves and usually dioecious flowers ( see SORREL ) ; those of the docks proper being generally hermaphrodite ...
... usually divided into Docks and Sorrels , the latter distinguished not only by their peculiarly acid taste , but by hastate leaves and usually dioecious flowers ( see SORREL ) ; those of the docks proper being generally hermaphrodite ...
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... usually by nearly the amount of the tidal range . Owing to the increased draft of shipping in recent years , engineering costs govern the choice between the two types even more largely than hitherto . Generally at ports where the tidal ...
... usually by nearly the amount of the tidal range . Owing to the increased draft of shipping in recent years , engineering costs govern the choice between the two types even more largely than hitherto . Generally at ports where the tidal ...
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... usually confined to clearing small docks or basins and their approach channels , and the method is of most effect when carried out about the period of three - quarters ebb of the tide . Dry docks or graving docks are used for the ...
... usually confined to clearing small docks or basins and their approach channels , and the method is of most effect when carried out about the period of three - quarters ebb of the tide . Dry docks or graving docks are used for the ...
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... usually white , but variously coloured kinds are not un- common , such as reddish , brown , green , gray , and black . It effervesces feebly with cold acid . The pure crystallised varieties are known as Pearl Spar . Those which contain ...
... usually white , but variously coloured kinds are not un- common , such as reddish , brown , green , gray , and black . It effervesces feebly with cold acid . The pure crystallised varieties are known as Pearl Spar . Those which contain ...
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... usually a conspicu- ous dorsal fin . Like other toothed Cetaceans , the dolphins have a somewhat unsymmetrical skull with many peculiarities , and a single crescentic blow - hole ( nostril ) on the top of the head . They occur in all ...
... usually a conspicu- ous dorsal fin . Like other toothed Cetaceans , the dolphins have a somewhat unsymmetrical skull with many peculiarities , and a single crescentic blow - hole ( nostril ) on the top of the head . They occur in all ...
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