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, Volumen9Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 |
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... sensible . NUTMEG , in natural history , the ker- nel of a large fruit , not unlike the peach , the produce of a tree called , by botanists , MYRISTICA , which see . The nutmeg is separated from its in- vestient coat , the mace , before ...
... sensible . NUTMEG , in natural history , the ker- nel of a large fruit , not unlike the peach , the produce of a tree called , by botanists , MYRISTICA , which see . The nutmeg is separated from its in- vestient coat , the mace , before ...
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... sensible state of a chrysalis . I have often seen this fly , during the night time and in cold weather , fold itself up with the head and tail nearly in contact , and lying apparent ly in a torpid state through the middle of the summer ...
... sensible state of a chrysalis . I have often seen this fly , during the night time and in cold weather , fold itself up with the head and tail nearly in contact , and lying apparent ly in a torpid state through the middle of the summer ...
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... sensible that it is the reflection of light from the atmosphere , which pre- vents total darkness after the sun sets , and in places where he does not shine in the day time . He was also of opinion , the rainbows , halos , and mock ...
... sensible that it is the reflection of light from the atmosphere , which pre- vents total darkness after the sun sets , and in places where he does not shine in the day time . He was also of opinion , the rainbows , halos , and mock ...
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... sensible qualities . The flowers are hermaphrodite , and placed at the summit of the stalk , either in a spike , or in a pa- nicle . Each flower is accompanied with a leaf that is smaller than the other leaves , and forms a sort of ...
... sensible qualities . The flowers are hermaphrodite , and placed at the summit of the stalk , either in a spike , or in a pa- nicle . Each flower is accompanied with a leaf that is smaller than the other leaves , and forms a sort of ...
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... sensible ob jects , but without being informed , by the touch of them , of their peculiar qualities . Thus the skin in the wings of the bat , and its ear , are supposed the organs common feeling , by means of which they are enabled to ...
... sensible ob jects , but without being informed , by the touch of them , of their peculiar qualities . Thus the skin in the wings of the bat , and its ear , are supposed the organs common feeling , by means of which they are enabled to ...
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