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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... four times its weight of wa- ter . Forty parts of sulphuric acid are then to be added in small portions , tak- ing care to stir the mixture after the ad- dition of every portion . A violent effer- vescence takes place , and a great ...
... four times its weight of wa- ter . Forty parts of sulphuric acid are then to be added in small portions , tak- ing care to stir the mixture after the ad- dition of every portion . A violent effer- vescence takes place , and a great ...
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... four - parted ; capsule three celled ; nuts three . There is but one species , viz . P. capitatum , which is a native of Malabar , China , and Cochin China , in shady moist places . PHTHISIS , a species of consumption , arising from an ...
... four - parted ; capsule three celled ; nuts three . There is but one species , viz . P. capitatum , which is a native of Malabar , China , and Cochin China , in shady moist places . PHTHISIS , a species of consumption , arising from an ...
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... four species , P. macrocephalus , or the spermaceti whale , is sixty feet in length , and the head is nearly one - third of the bulk of the whole animal . It is found in the European seas , and on the coast of New England ; swims with ...
... four species , P. macrocephalus , or the spermaceti whale , is sixty feet in length , and the head is nearly one - third of the bulk of the whole animal . It is found in the European seas , and on the coast of New England ; swims with ...
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... four hours , causes absorption of fat , great prostration of strength , increased sensi- bility , with watchfulness , and a most pain- ful dragging at the epigastric region . Hunger is more speedily fatal in propor- tion to the youth ...
... four hours , causes absorption of fat , great prostration of strength , increased sensi- bility , with watchfulness , and a most pain- ful dragging at the epigastric region . Hunger is more speedily fatal in propor- tion to the youth ...
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... four hours . Although it probably goes on , to a certain degree , at all times , yet it is more copious when we take food and the augmentation of quan- tity arises partly from stimulus , partly from mechanical pressure . When any acrid ...
... four hours . Although it probably goes on , to a certain degree , at all times , yet it is more copious when we take food and the augmentation of quan- tity arises partly from stimulus , partly from mechanical pressure . When any acrid ...
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