American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 10Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 |
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... natural history , a ge- nus of insects of the order of Neuroptera . Generic character : mouth with a horny short curved mandible ; feelers four ; three stemmata ; antennæ setaceous , long- er than the thorax ; wings equal , incum- bent ...
... natural history , a ge- nus of insects of the order of Neuroptera . Generic character : mouth with a horny short curved mandible ; feelers four ; three stemmata ; antennæ setaceous , long- er than the thorax ; wings equal , incum- bent ...
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... order . Natural order of Personatæ . Labiatæ , Jussieu . Essential character : seed one . There are two species , viz . P. leptostachya and P. dehiscens ; the former is a native of North America , the latter was found at the Cape of ...
... order . Natural order of Personatæ . Labiatæ , Jussieu . Essential character : seed one . There are two species , viz . P. leptostachya and P. dehiscens ; the former is a native of North America , the latter was found at the Cape of ...
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... natural heat accumulating , the whole body has a greater proportion of that comfortable sensation than strangers ... order to prevent the general relaxation of the parts . " Professor Camper concludes , from long and attentive ...
... natural heat accumulating , the whole body has a greater proportion of that comfortable sensation than strangers ... order to prevent the general relaxation of the parts . " Professor Camper concludes , from long and attentive ...
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... natural appearances , their causes , & c but the usual accepta- tion of the ... order , and to be connected together by mutual relations . Being ignorant of ... natural effect of the action of air , moisture , and heat , that is , of all ...
... natural appearances , their causes , & c but the usual accepta- tion of the ... order , and to be connected together by mutual relations . Being ignorant of ... natural effect of the action of air , moisture , and heat , that is , of all ...
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... nature and co- lour ; and it is only by the addition of the various substances just ... order to be sent out of the body by the different secretions . The air ... natural classification , which will be sufficiently explained in the ...
... nature and co- lour ; and it is only by the addition of the various substances just ... order to be sent out of the body by the different secretions . The air ... natural classification , which will be sufficiently explained in the ...
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