Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 14, Part 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 73
... vegetable alkali amounted to somewhat above 63. His pearl - afh he prepares by calcining a ley of vegetable alhes dried into a falt to whitenefs . In this operation , he fays , " particular care fhould be taken that it fhould not melt ...
... vegetable alkali amounted to somewhat above 63. His pearl - afh he prepares by calcining a ley of vegetable alhes dried into a falt to whitenefs . In this operation , he fays , " particular care fhould be taken that it fhould not melt ...
Page 76
... vegetables ; but when these roots are of the bulbous kind , or in large proportion , they form the worst kind of turf . " Although it may appear incredible ( fays M. Magellan ) , it is nevertheless a real fact , that , in England , pit ...
... vegetables ; but when these roots are of the bulbous kind , or in large proportion , they form the worst kind of turf . " Although it may appear incredible ( fays M. Magellan ) , it is nevertheless a real fact , that , in England , pit ...
Page 78
... vegetable mould , made up of different earths mixed with the putrid re- mains of animal and vegetable bodies , and of the pro- per texture and compages for conducting the moisture to the roots of trees and plants . Under this are laid ...
... vegetable mould , made up of different earths mixed with the putrid re- mains of animal and vegetable bodies , and of the pro- per texture and compages for conducting the moisture to the roots of trees and plants . Under this are laid ...
Page 81
... vegetables . Expe- rience , however , has taught us to reject these prema- ture conclufions . We shall here lay before our read- ers at length , though perhaps a little out of its place , what Abbé Dicquemare has obferved with refpect ...
... vegetables . Expe- rience , however , has taught us to reject these prema- ture conclufions . We shall here lay before our read- ers at length , though perhaps a little out of its place , what Abbé Dicquemare has obferved with refpect ...
Page 82
... vegetables , as a plant , and even in fome refpects as inferior to a plant . It is thus that the oyster has been made a foundation for many an ab- furd hypothefis with refpect to the nature of animals . But let us quit the confideration ...
... vegetables , as a plant , and even in fome refpects as inferior to a plant . It is thus that the oyster has been made a foundation for many an ab- furd hypothefis with refpect to the nature of animals . But let us quit the confideration ...
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