Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, a New Edition; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-Lexicon, Volume 13Francis Lieber Lea & Blanchard, 1851 |
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Page 40
... animals , and is even seen frequently to rest upon the backs of cat- tle while they are grazing . The vicinity of mills is observed to be its favorite re- sort . The plumage is a mixture of black , white and gray . It is widely diffused ...
... animals , and is even seen frequently to rest upon the backs of cat- tle while they are grazing . The vicinity of mills is observed to be its favorite re- sort . The plumage is a mixture of black , white and gray . It is widely diffused ...
Page 60
... animal advances in age ; the upper canines are large , elephant - like tusks , directed downwards ; the feet are ... animals frequented the shores of the islands between Northern Asia and America , Davis's straits and Hudson's bay ...
... animal advances in age ; the upper canines are large , elephant - like tusks , directed downwards ; the feet are ... animals frequented the shores of the islands between Northern Asia and America , Davis's straits and Hudson's bay ...
Page 83
... animal substances , on meats exposed to the air , dead insects , over - ripe and sugary fruits , fragments of which they cut off with their mandibles , and carry away , for the purpose of feed- ing their young . ondage , the liberty of ...
... animal substances , on meats exposed to the air , dead insects , over - ripe and sugary fruits , fragments of which they cut off with their mandibles , and carry away , for the purpose of feed- ing their young . ondage , the liberty of ...
Page 86
... animal or vegetable products are insoluble in it , and all of them are af- fected by it as a chemical agent . Those compounds in which water exists in inti- mate combination , and the properties of which it appears to modify , are named ...
... animal or vegetable products are insoluble in it , and all of them are af- fected by it as a chemical agent . Those compounds in which water exists in inti- mate combination , and the properties of which it appears to modify , are named ...
Page 89
... Animal matter , . · grain . 11 66 brated in the annals of France , as the The waters of Bourbon - Lancy are cele- wife of Henry II , was cured of her steril- means by which Catharine de Medicis , She made use of them , agreeably to ity ...
... Animal matter , . · grain . 11 66 brated in the annals of France , as the The waters of Bourbon - Lancy are cele- wife of Henry II , was cured of her steril- means by which Catharine de Medicis , She made use of them , agreeably to ity ...
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