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... tion of water , for the purposes of irrigation , is a matter of such importance as to be en- tirely under the auspices and controul of the government . Tippoo caused banks , or , as they are called in India , bunds , to be made between ...
... tion of water , for the purposes of irrigation , is a matter of such importance as to be en- tirely under the auspices and controul of the government . Tippoo caused banks , or , as they are called in India , bunds , to be made between ...
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... tion , attended with an intermixture of the several modes laid down for simple irriga- tion . In the former , we occasionally find the water caught several times by the same stream , which , being obstructed at its seve- ral turns by ...
... tion , attended with an intermixture of the several modes laid down for simple irriga- tion . In the former , we occasionally find the water caught several times by the same stream , which , being obstructed at its seve- ral turns by ...
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... tion . JUDGMENT , among logicians , a faculty or rather act of the human soul , whereby it compares its ideas , and ... tion ; but worms cannot bear the applica- tion of any thing bitter to their bodies , which is the reason that ...
... tion . JUDGMENT , among logicians , a faculty or rather act of the human soul , whereby it compares its ideas , and ... tion ; but worms cannot bear the applica- tion of any thing bitter to their bodies , which is the reason that ...
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... tion for this purpose . The time of their continuance is very uncertain , sometimes remaining unchanged for three months ; at others , new belts have been formed in an hour or two . In some of these belts large black spots have appeared ...
... tion for this purpose . The time of their continuance is very uncertain , sometimes remaining unchanged for three months ; at others , new belts have been formed in an hour or two . In some of these belts large black spots have appeared ...
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... tion of it may be found in the fifth volume of the Philosophical Magazine ; but as neither of these instruments are essential to the chemical student , and as they are required only in experiments of research , we refer to the minute ...
... tion of it may be found in the fifth volume of the Philosophical Magazine ; but as neither of these instruments are essential to the chemical student , and as they are required only in experiments of research , we refer to the minute ...
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