Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopędia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N. Bosworth assisted by other gentlemen of eminence, Volume 71819 |
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... feet high , measures from 75 to 90 feet in circumference , sends off branches from its top in every direction , of from thirty to sixty feet in length ; takes several centuries in acquir- ing perfection , and ( according to the general ...
... feet high , measures from 75 to 90 feet in circumference , sends off branches from its top in every direction , of from thirty to sixty feet in length ; takes several centuries in acquir- ing perfection , and ( according to the general ...
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... feet ; and as this surface reflected only about the half of what fell upon it , the quantity of matter con- tained in the solar rays , incident upon a square foot and a half of surface , in a second of time , ought to be no more than ...
... feet ; and as this surface reflected only about the half of what fell upon it , the quantity of matter con- tained in the solar rays , incident upon a square foot and a half of surface , in a second of time , ought to be no more than ...
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... feet in diameter ; and in the centre or apex of each , is placed a long shallow lamp of tin- plate , filled with white oil . In each lamp , are six cotton wicks , almost contiguous to each other , which are so disposed , as to bara ...
... feet in diameter ; and in the centre or apex of each , is placed a long shallow lamp of tin- plate , filled with white oil . In each lamp , are six cotton wicks , almost contiguous to each other , which are so disposed , as to bara ...
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... feet in length of these pieces the largest and thickest are preserved , as being of the deepest colour . Logwood has a sweetish subastringent taste , and no remarkable smell ; it gives a purplish red tincture both to watery and ...
... feet in length of these pieces the largest and thickest are preserved , as being of the deepest colour . Logwood has a sweetish subastringent taste , and no remarkable smell ; it gives a purplish red tincture both to watery and ...
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... feet long . LIGULATE , in botany , ( from ligula , a strap ; which some derive from ligo , to bind ; others from lingula , dimin . of lingua , a tongue ; the first from its office , the second from its shape ) applied to the corol ...
... feet long . LIGULATE , in botany , ( from ligula , a strap ; which some derive from ligo , to bind ; others from lingula , dimin . of lingua , a tongue ; the first from its office , the second from its shape ) applied to the corol ...
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