Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, Volumen4Edward Augustus Kendall Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 |
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... hair on which it is deposited : from this egg proceeds an insect complete in all its parts , and only different from the parent animal in its smaller size . When B VOL . IV . examined by the microscope , it is seen , that Gen Feb ...
... hair on which it is deposited : from this egg proceeds an insect complete in all its parts , and only different from the parent animal in its smaller size . When B VOL . IV . examined by the microscope , it is seen , that Gen Feb ...
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... animal is every where covered by a strong granulated skin . Few insects are more prolific than the louse . It is said that in about eight weeks a louse might sce five thousand of its own descendants . PEDIMENT , in architecture , a kind ...
... animal is every where covered by a strong granulated skin . Few insects are more prolific than the louse . It is said that in about eight weeks a louse might sce five thousand of its own descendants . PEDIMENT , in architecture , a kind ...
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... animals . Its spine is a cartilage rather than a bone . Fishes of this genus fasten themselves with the jagged edges of the mouth to large stones , with the most extraordinary firmness . They have a wonderful tenacity to life , and ...
... animals . Its spine is a cartilage rather than a bone . Fishes of this genus fasten themselves with the jagged edges of the mouth to large stones , with the most extraordinary firmness . They have a wonderful tenacity to life , and ...
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... animal ceases altogether to feed , and begins to form itself a loose envelope of silken fibres in some convenient spot , which it has chosen for the purpose , and afterwards proceeds to enwrap itself in a much closer covering , forming ...
... animal ceases altogether to feed , and begins to form itself a loose envelope of silken fibres in some convenient spot , which it has chosen for the purpose , and afterwards proceeds to enwrap itself in a much closer covering , forming ...
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... animal of this species is the dunghill cock , which is found in greater vigour and perfec- tion in England , than in any other country : the irascibility and jealousy of this animal have in almost all ages and countries , occasioned it ...
... animal of this species is the dunghill cock , which is found in greater vigour and perfec- tion in England , than in any other country : the irascibility and jealousy of this animal have in almost all ages and countries , occasioned it ...
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Página 412 - Among these were reckoned the four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; the Acts of the Apostles; the Epistles of the apostle Paul...
Página 157 - When the whole is put for a part, or a part for the whole; a genus for a species, or a species for a genus; the singular...
Página 213 - He is likewise to decide the elections of knights of the shire, (subject to the control of the house of commons,) of coroners, and of verderors ; to judge of the qualification of voters, and to return such as he shall determine to be duly elected.
Página 202 - ... A man on a journey far from home falls from his horse ; another, who is perhaps at work about the house sees him bleeding on the ground, commonly with a landscape of the place where the accident befalls him. Another seer, driving...
Página 214 - In the commencement of civil causes, he is to serve the writ, to arrest, and to take bail ; when the cause comes to trial, he must summon and return the jury ; when it is determined, he must see the judgment of the court carried into execution. In criminal matters, he also arrests and imprisons, he returns the jury, he has the custody of the delinquent, and he executes the sentence of the court, though it extend to death itself.
Página 95 - In calm weather when the air is inclined to rain, the mercury is commonly low.
Página 118 - Hottoman to be a rescript, or answer of the sovereign, delivered, by advice of his council, to some college, order, or body of people, upon consulting him on some case of their community. The like answer, given to any particular person, is called simply rescript.
Página 70 - As soon as they are cold, they are distributed to children, who sit with anvils and hammers before them, which they work with their feet by means of a lathe, and taking up one of the lengths, they thrust the blunt end into a quantity of the heads...
Página 384 - God in a manner peculiar to himself; as the mean of spreading divine and saving knowledge to all the world of mankind ; as, under God, the head of all things to his church ; and, as the Lord of life, having power and authority from God to raise the dead, and judge the world at the last day. They suppose that...
Página 299 - It is very probable that the great stratum called the milky way, is that in which the sun is placed, though perhaps not in the very centre of its thickness.